According to British media reports, UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, stated at the G7 trade ministers' meeting that the UK currently does not plan to impose high tariffs on electric autos imported from China, nor will they follow the EU's example. Renyolds does not immediately plan to launch a formal investigation into imported Chinese electric autos. The report cited insiders as saying that the UK auto industry has not formally requested the UK Department of Trade Remedies to conduct an anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese electric autos, which is a necessary step before the UK initiates a formal investigation. According to data from the British Automobile Manufacturers and Traders Association, in 2023, the UK exported approximately 0.7 million autos, 60% of which were exported to the EU. The Financial Times published a commentary on the 18th stating that if the EU takes its auto electrification goals seriously, the problem is not whether there are too many electric autos imported from China, but whether the EU's own industrial transformation is too slow. (Xinhua News Agency)