Of course this can only mean an increase in production cost and inevitably prices. The EU won't be doing itself any favors by refusing to compete with China.
The only scenario in which these tariffs make sense is if Chinese car makers are significantly ahead of EU car makers. But that would be an admission of a monumental failure of large parts of the EU economy and nothing which could be remedied by simple tariffs.
The only scenario in which these tariffs make sense is if Chinese car makers are significantly ahead of EU car makers. But that would be an admission of a monumental failure of large parts of the EU economy and nothing which could be remedied by simple tariffs.