The European cars made in China

Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, says there is “a real risk that significant chunks of the engineering, production, innovation and supply chains in automotive will end up concentrating even more heavily in China”.

“The EU has to decide whether it is willing to confront China with a tougher trade and industrial policy . . . that incentivises not only Chinese producers to produce in Europe, but also their own car multinationals to continue producing in Europe.”