Cai Che responds to the EU Anti-Monopoly Bureau on Trump's search

In the German automotive industry, Dr. Cai Che, the "number one" of Daimler Group, has always been known for his words. Recently, it also expressed its anger over the protection policy of US President Trump, and also expressed its position on the large-scale investigation of German car companies by the European Anti-Monopoly Bureau.

According to Reuters, Dr. Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board of directors of Daimler AG and president of the Mercedes-Benz Group, publicly stated at a recent meeting that the US President Trump is undoubtedly the German automotive industry. "Trouble" and "threat". Foreign media analysis, this remarks point to the recent Trump criticism of Mexico.

In fact, as early as when he was running for president, Trump expressed the signs of his trade protection. It said: "Before the free trade agreement, the automobile industry in Detroit had 285,000 employees, and today it only has 160,000." During the election campaign, Trump threatened to give up the North American Free Trade Agreement after he was elected, and vowed to withdraw from the WTO.

And recently, with its discussions with the Canadian Prime Minister on the North American Free Trade Agreement, Trump once again criticized the North American free trade agreement should not include Mexico. In an interview with the US media, Trump said with a firm voice: "Either sign a new agreement on the United States in this regard or end the agreement."

It is understood that the trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico is very close, but the trade deficit is very obvious. In 2016, the U.S.-Mexico trade volume was 525 billion U.S. dollars, and the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico reached 63 billion U.S. dollars. U.S. and Canada’s U.S. trade volume of 545 billion U.S. dollars accounted for a trade deficit of 11 billion U.S. dollars. Mexico is an important manufacturing base for exporting to the United States, including German automobile companies such as BMW and Volkswagen.

In addition, Dr. Zee also responded to a series of recent investigations by the European Anti-Monopoly Bureau on German car companies including Daimler. "I'm just an automotive engineer, not an antitrust expert." Obviously, in the face of such a search of the office, it expressed its own confusion. "I can be sure that (discussion between car companies) will ultimately benefit consumers directly because they can increase efficiency."

On Monday, anti-monopoly officials of the European Union searched the offices of Volkswagen and Daimler AG. Last weekend, they raided BMW's headquarters in Munich. According to Reuters, the reason for the search in the BMW office is that the EU suspects that German car companies may have violated the principle of fair trade, which means that the German car company's “monopolistic gate” event lasted for several months with the latest developments. .

In July this year, the German "Mirror" reported that German car companies or suspected monopoly, the newspaper quoted a letter to the anti-trust organization, saying that there are a total of about 200 engineers, a total of more than 60 working groups were used To discuss the diesel engine, brake steering system, brake system, etc., and the purpose is to circumvent antitrust regulations.

At the beginning of August, Germany’s anti-monopoly agency met with German car maker Daimler CEO Ze Chee, BMW Group CEO Kruger, and Volkswagen Group CEO Muller in Berlin. The two parties finally reached a consensus.

In an interview with the Frankfurt Auto Show in September, Dr. Zeche said, “According to statistics, the carbon dioxide emissions generated by automobiles have been reduced by 70% compared with the past since 1990. It is very possible that a type of drive is currently completely banned.” Own Own '.