BMW-The boss Oliver Zipse (60) has from the European Union to accommodate tariffs to the USA required. Customs disabled the free trade, braked innovations and started a negative spiral, Zipse said, according to BMW, at a “Welt” business conference in Berlin on Tuesday. Trade barriers would have to be dismantled. “The EU could take a first big step here: If the import duties for vehicles from the United States in Europe are ten percent, the conversely is only 2.5 percent.” It was also benefited for uniform conditions with 2.5 percent. .
The claim can be discussed on Thursday at a strategic dialogue by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with the European Autolobby ACEA in Brussels. The new US President Donald Trump in general wants to increase import duties, also compared to the European Union. The United States is the most important export market for German car producers.
The tariffs compared to the United States are not the only payments that BMW go against the grain. Most recently, the Munich group had against the Customs surcharges of the EU on electric cars out of China complained, three Chinese manufacturers and Tesla had joined the lawsuit and acted against the tariffs in front of the European Court of Justice.