Increasing overseas sales of manufactured goods are helping China’s economy and creating employment, but countries from Europe to South Asia may lose jobs.
In freezing temperatures, the batteries of electric vehicles can be less efficient and have shorter range, a lesson many Tesla drivers in Chicago learned this week.
Worries are growing in Washington that a flood of Chinese products could put new American investments in clean energy and high-tech factories at risk.
The announcement underscores the threat to European and U.S. automakers posed by Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturers.
The British and European car industries had lobbied for a delay in a measure that would have added costly tariffs to many electric vehicles.
The British and European car industries had lobbied for a delay in a measure that would have added costly tariffs to many electric vehicles.
Chinese electric vehicle companies like Nio are pulling ever further ahead, partly through government support but also rapid technological advances.
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the inquiry amid growing concern about China’s dominance over electric vehicles.
China, an electric-vehicle juggernaut, will have at least seven brands on display, while Germany’s automakers are now a drag on their home economy.
Readers react to a guest essay saying prosecution may have “terrible consequences.” Also: Climate ruling; charging stations for E.V.s; public plazas.