China has renewed its offer for talks with the European Commission to address economic and trade frictions to try to ease impending punitive tariffs on China-made electric vehicles. During a meeting with the European Commission's director general for trade in Brussels on Monday,

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday the European Union should "reconsider" a plan to impose tariffs of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric cars, calling for a "compromise"

The European Commission has rejected offers from Chinese exporters to put a price floor on their electric vehicle shipments amid intense wrangling over the highest-profile trade dispute between Brussels and Beijing in a decade.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said the country is “reconsidering” its position on EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles amid concerns that escalating trade tensions could hit domestic exporters.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the European Union should reconsider its plan to impose additional tariffs of up to 36 percent on Chinese-made electric vehicles, saying the bloc does not need a trade war with Beijing.

China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao will visit Europe in the coming days for discussions on the European Union's anti-subsidy case against China-made electric vehicles (EVs) as a vote on imposing more EV tariffs looms.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joined Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in calling for the European Union to drop its plan to impose extra tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, potentially undercutting the bloc’s primary tool for pushing back against Beijing’s state-backed industry.

KUNSHAN, China (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday the European Union should reconsider proposed import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, and urged Brussels and Beijing to find a compromise that avoids a trade war.