The move mainly targets French luxury cognac brands, after Paris was viewed as the primary supporter of the European Commission’s investigation into Chinese electric vehicles, and voted in favor of imposing duties on EVs in a vote last Friday.
Other European agriculture sectors, such as dairy and pork, fear similar measures.
Ten EU countries voted in favor of the duties, including the Netherlands, Italy and Poland, and risk being more exposed to China’s retaliation. Germany and Hungary, on the other hand, were among the five countries to vote against the duties.
The brandy sector has repeatedly warned that it shouldn’t become a hostage of geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Brussels.
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