China’s Great Wall Motor is first EV maker to respond to EU anti-subsidy probe

China’s Great Wall Motor said it had formally submitted responses to the European Commission’s anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), while calling for a fair and open trade environment.
Tension between China and the EU is growing, partly because of Beijing’s closer ties with Moscow after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while the bloc seeks to cut reliance on the world’s second-largest economy in its push for a green transition.
The automaker’s president, Mu Feng, said on his Weibo social media account on Monday, “We need a fair and open trade environment. We have the confidence to win the competition globally.”
He added, Great Wall, which provided its answers to the European Commission on Oct. 11, was the first automaker to have done so.