There’s nothing to liven things up like a good old transatlantic trade war, or at least some warlike words about trade. Throw in a global energy shock and a geopolitical clash of superpowers, and local requirements for tax credits for electric vehicles have never been such a crucible of conflict.In some of the more hot-headed quarters of the EU, the dispute with Washington has metastasised into resentment over US companies charging Europe higher energy prices, thus adding to European industry’s incentives to move to America. French president Emmanuel Macron will have a chance to make this point during his state visit to the US this week.
沒有什么比一場老式的跨大西洋貿易戰更能調動氣氛了,或者至少是一些關于貿易的好戰言論。再加上全球能源沖擊和超級大國之間的地緣政治沖突,地方對電動汽車稅收抵免的要求從未像現在這樣成為了沖突的熔爐。