Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,alt.politics.usa
Subject: Re: What a $15,000 Electric SUV Says About U.S.-China Car Rivalry
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 13:38:54 +0000
Organization: novaBBS
Message-ID: <b9a7b02c68d5a83552be5f9a02301ab6@www.novabbs.com>
References: <2c21729ed1338c6c30b15aa9bb636036@www.novabbs.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Info: i2pn2.org;
	logging-data="602144"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org";
	posting-account="pxsmGrN7Y7mF0hfJcY//7F6kiWqDRq/tZN4FOOcim3s";
User-Agent: Rocksolid Light
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0
X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$6UGxm5nM1DMOWivEoA4DWew54iJVoxH3XQpBFUpvmZTW49jbagarq
X-Rslight-Posting-User: 0099cdd7dc5bd7b25c488bf8bcfab81a117b2ffc

Trump does not seem to believe climate change and green energy.
Europeans have a different view.

Cidob (Barcelona Center for International Affair) had a piece this May
(originally in spanish) which Google translated English title is “Green
Soft Power.. China’s New Strategy in Europe”

“By increasing investment in green technology in Europe, China has been
able to improve its image in various European countries, creating jobs
and offering quality products at competitive prices. Beyond the offices
of Brussels, various local and central governments of European states
have strengthened relations with China through this sector. In recent
years, China has positioned itself as a major green power, generating
soft power that has helped it rebuild ties with a Europe with similar
climate goals.

Private Internationalization, Geopolitical Gains

In the last five years of cooling political relations between the EU and
China, the electric vehicle sector has been central to maintaining
economic relations between the two powers. By 2023, investments in the
EV field already accounted for 70% of China’s foreign direct investment
in Europe. China’s new green manufacturing in Europe has been largely
concentrated (85%) in the battery sector, with new factories announced
in recent years in countries as diverse as Hungary, France, Germany,
Slovakia, Spain, and Poland. Furthermore, the European Union is already
the largest export market for EVs manufactured in China.

This internationalization of companies in the electric vehicle sector in
Europe was not a premeditated strategy by the Beijing government, but
was initiated primarily by the Chinese private sector, due to the high
level of domestic competition in the Asian country. After years of
highly successful industrial policy, China has established itself as a
major electric vehicle power, producing 60% of the world’s EVs and 80%
of batteries. Both local companies such as BYD and foreign companies
producing in China, such as Tesla, have benefited from China’s
industrial policy, generating fierce internal competition despite the
market distortions that public subsidies and aid often generate. China
has also positioned itself as a major hub for high innovation in
batteries, which currently represent more than a third of the cost of an
EV.” (Google translated English version)

https://prod.cidob.org/publicaciones/soft-power-verde-nueva-estrategia-china-europa