Brussels talks
Back in Brussels, civil servants from the Commission and Chinese sides are meeting to discuss the EV duties on a technical level. Consultations opened this week after the bloc’s trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis took a video call last Saturday with his Chinese counterpart, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao.
“It’s definitely one step further than regular diplomacy,” estimated one Brussels-based trade lawyer who was granted anonymity to discuss confidential details. The Commission will be ready to listen, they expected, but will let any concessions depend on…
