Electric car theme
Which Greenlander will be the first to ask themselves if they should not hear what the Chinese might pay to gain access to mineral deposits and ports to transship products from China via the Northern Passage to Europe and the American East Coast?
This is how the Chinese electric car crushed its competitors – and became the largest in the world. A trade war has flared up between China and the West – and at the forefront is the Chinese electric car, which has become a red carpet for politicians in both the US and the EU.
"The support that the Chinese state has given to its car companies is estimated at 256 billion euros," says SVT's Asia correspondent Tilde Lewin.
Nio, Xpeng, Li, Zeekr and BYD. These are Chinese car brands that in just a few years have had an explosive expansion around the world. "Global markets are flooded with cheap Chinese electric cars," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during her "State of the Union speech" last autumn.
In addition to the Biden administration's 100 percent tariffs on Chinese electric cars in the United States, a total ban on all Chinese vehicle technology is now also being discussed. "Cheap Chinese electric cars could shake up the American car market considerably," says SVT's foreign reporter Stefan Åsberg. Watch the feature on SVT News.
Sources: Danish counteroffer to Trump. Denmark counters Donald Trump's new move on Greenland with an offer to allow the United States to increase its military presence on the island. This is according to two informed sources, according to the news site Axios. The aim is to show that US security can be strengthened without the country taking over Greenland, writes Aixos.
Trump has repeatedly said that the United States needs Greenland to be safe from Russia and China. See the article on SVT Nyheter.