Recently, the news that China's electric vehicles are crucial to the global climate transition has sparked heated discussions.
On July 19, the United Kingdom's Financial Times published an editorial article "China's electric vehicles are an opportunity, not a threat."
The article points out that governments in developed countries have vowed to decarbonize their economies in the coming decades. However, many countries are taking action to restrict imports of green technology made in China.
Among the world's top 10 economies, China is the most conservative in its commitment to net-zero CO2 emissions, yet the most aggressive in action.
China has pledged to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2060, and in order to achieve this goal, China has formulated a comprehensive implementation plan and supported industries have also followed up on it.
Solar, wind, power batteries, electric vehicles, China has gone hand in hand in various fields, and after decades of efforts, it has now become a global leader.
The United States and European countries love and hate China's green technologies and products.
China's photovoltaic panels, lithium batteries and electric vehicles are of high quality and low price, which is of great significance to promote the green energy transition of Western countries and achieve the goal of net zero emissions.
As long as a large number of green technologies and products are imported from China, the global net-zero emission plan may be achieved ahead of schedule.
However, the United States is afraid of China's green technology, and it fears that its photovoltaic and automotive industries will be affected.
This concern is justified, as China is already leading the world in photovoltaic and electric vehicle technology.
Not only that, but the cost of their green products is also the lowest in the world.
With leading technology and the lowest cost, United States and European companies simply cannot compete with Chinese companies.
This made the Biden administration extremely angry and decided to impose higher tariffs on Chinese green products.
Among them, the tariff on electric vehicles has been increased from the previous 25% to 100%; tariffs on lithium batteries, increased from 7.5% to 25%; Tariffs on solar cells, up from 25% previously, to 50%:
This kind of tariff imposition is bordering on hysteria and has completely lost its mind.
Increasing tariffs will not only fail to save United States' green energy industry, but will also significantly delay United States' net-zero emissions plan.
As a great power, this kind of behavior is disappointing.
Thankfully, the United Kingdom has not entered the tariff war.
The boom in electric vehicles in the last two years has shown that the potential demand for low-end electric vehicles is huge.
Western countries should welcome China into these markets, either through imports or by setting up factories locally.
The essence of globalization is to allow the most competitive products to circulate freely in the world through comparative advantages, so as to achieve the best allocation and utilization of resources.
In the field of green products, China is undoubtedly the most competitive in the world.
United States is a global leader in chips and artificial intelligence, so why can't China tolerate China's lead in green technology?
United States' trade protectionism will only make the gap between United States and China in the field of green technology wider.
One day, when United States wakes up, it will find that this gap cannot be bridged.
This is true in infrastructure, in shipbuilding, and in space.
The once unrestrained, free, and optimistic cowboy is gone, and he has become a grumpy, blame-free, and dull old man.
And Europe is learning this in a good way.
What happened to the Western countries?
You say one thing and do another, and you use one set of standards for yourself and another set of standards for others.
Wouldn't this kind of inconsistent words and deeds and double-standard behavior make people schizophrenic?
Have the noble qualities that flowed through John · Adams, Benjamin· Franklin· Alexander, Hamilton, John · Jay, Thomas·, Jefferson, James· Madison, George · Washington have really been lost?
Or as former Secretary of State Mike · Pompeo put it?
I was the director of the United States CIA, and we lied, we cheated, we stole and we had a course dedicated to that, and that's the glory of United States constant exploration.
If this world were led by a bunch of crooks, would there still be a way out for humanity?
Fortunately, time is the best antidote.
Abraham · Lincoln said: You can deceive all people temporarily, you can even deceive some people forever, but you can't deceive all people forever.
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