BEIJING—China has accused the European Union of protectionism and “reckless distortion” of the definition of subsidies in response to a new EU investigation into Chinese wind turbine makers.
A Chinese trade remedies official made “solemn representations” on the issue in a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday with Martin Lukas, the EU director general for trade defense, the Commerce Ministry said.
The investigation will look into whether Chinese subsidies are giving wind turbine companies an unfair advantage in the competition for projects in five member countries: Spain, Greece, France, Romania and Bulgaria. “This action sends a detrimental signal to the world, suggesting discrimination against Chinese enterprises and endorsing protectionism,” the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU said in a statement.
“And we need it before it is too late,” she said, according to a text of her prepared remarks. “We can’t afford to see what happened on solar panels, happening again on electric vehicles, wind or essential chips.” China’s vehicle exports, including trucks and buses, rose 33.2 percent in the first three months of this year to 1.3 million units, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Wednesday. Exports of electric vehicles were up 7.3 percent to 248,000 units. Passenger cars accounted for 1.1 million of the total.
“We have a dilemma here,” said Maximillian Butek, the head of the German Chamber of Commerce in East China. “Because now at the moment it’s solar, the next could be maybe wind power, etc. So this is a balance the politicians need to find.”
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