Chinese Train Maker Withdraws From Bulgaria Tender After EU Probe
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Chinese rail giant CRRC has withdrawn from a tendered project in Bulgaria after the EU last month launched a probe into it over suspected subsidies, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

Brussels had announced the probe on February 16, with EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton at the time saying CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive was thought to have relied on subsidies to “submit an unduly advantageous offer” to try to win the tender for electric trains in Bulgaria.

EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said that Europe’s single market remained open “for firms that are truly competitive and play fair” but that Brussels will take “all necessary measures to preserve Europe’s economic security and competitiveness”.

  • MrMakabar@feddit.deEnglish
    7·
    7 months ago

    The EU just looked into the potential for dumping. They were not finished with the process and therefore did not punish CRRC at all.

    Also China is not that poor. GDP per capita is only a third less then that of Romania.

    • honey_im_meat_grinding@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      23·
      7 months ago

      The EU just looked into the potential for dumping. They were not finished with the process and therefore did not punish CRRC at all.

      What’s your point here? There are actual quotes in the article claiming the pull-out as a result of the regulation, meaning they didn’t pull out because they wanted to.

      Also China is not that poor. GDP per capita is only a third less then that of Romania.

      But both are “up-and-coming” as I said alongside “poorer” so I’m not sure why you’re arguing semantics here. China is one of very few exceptions when it comes to actively losing money to richer countries (Net Resource Transfers). This regulation is not about China, it targets any foreign company, and if you understood my post, you’d know that the vast majority of them are being drained and in need of economic help.