@piliourits said in Η προοπτική της ηλεκτροκίνησης:
Οπότε οι θιασώτες του ΚαπιταλιΖμού και της ελευθερίας διακίνησης ιδεών, ανθρώπων, προϊόντων και κεφαλαίων, ετοιμάζονται για δασμούς, απαγορεύσεις, κλείσιμο συνόρων, και πόοολεμοοο...
Αυτό παρατήρησα κι εγώ. Άνθρωποι της ελεύθερης αγοράς, αλλά αν σφίξουν τα πράματα ζητάνε προστατευτισμό 
Δε καταλαβαίνουν όμως ότι οι δασμοί θα έχουν αντίθετο αποτέλεσμα, θα αφήσουν την Ευρώπη ακόμα πιο πίσω στις εξελίξεις.
To μέλλον όμως μπορεί να είναι διαφορετικό:
Chinese, European firms turning to collaboration despite competition
France's Renault Group said on Tuesday that it will produce two new cars in Brazil in the second half of 2026, using the base of its Chinese partner Geely's vehicles, Reuters reported. The two groups also said that they will invest 3.8 billion reais ($713.9 million) in an industrial complex in Brazil.
The collaboration between Renault and Geely in Brazil extends far beyond the expansion of their respective business footprints; it also stands as a vivid testament to how Chinese and European businesses can collaborate amid competition.
Some voices in Europe have increasingly emphasized competitive pressures from Chinese industries, often framing the China-Europe economic relationship as a zero-sum game where one party's development is believed to inevitably come at the expense of the other. The Renault-Geely partnership in Brazil, however, effectively challenges this narrow and short-sighted perspective. By bridging vast geographical and cultural divides to jointly cultivate the Brazilian market, these two companies demonstrate that cooperation, not just competition, makes more sense for businesses. This case makes it clear that the fundamental nature of China-Europe economic relations is not defined by competition but by substantial cooperation potential and mutual benefits.
As China's manufacturing sector continues its technological upgrading and achieves successive breakthroughs, the competitive dynamics between China and the EU in sectors such as advanced manufacturing have intensified. Meanwhile, non-market factors including geopolitics and so-called industrial chain security concerns have prompted more defensive policy discussions within the EU. Amid the green transition, some countries tend to protect their domestic industries through policy measures and politicize economic issues, complicating matters that should otherwise be resolved through technology and market mechanisms, and adding uncertainties to the environment for China-Europe cooperation.
But these challenges cannot obscure the profound complementarity that exists between the two economies, even in the competitive vehicle sector. As a core sector of global high-end manufacturing, the automotive industry has emerged as a focal point of competition between China and the EU in recent years. European automakers boast brand influence, exquisite engineering design capabilities, and mature market operation experience, while Chinese automakers have made groundbreaking progress in battery technology, large-scale production, and intelligent connectivity.
These differentiated advantages inherently harbor vast room for cooperation, and the joint venture of Renault and Geely in Brazil is a precise case of leveraging such complementarity. According to Renault, the partnership allows Geely access to an existing plant and dealership network and will help the French carmaker to use more of the available capacity at its assembly plant and add larger models to its portfolio.
This cooperation represents part of a broader pattern. BMW in July joined hands with Chinese autonomous driving firm Momenta to develop advanced driving assistance technology specifically for the China market, Reuters reported. In March, BMW Group and Alibaba Group announced an expanded strategic partnership in China, accelerating the integration of Alibaba's Qwen large-language model into BMW's next-generation intelligent vehicles known as the Neue Klasse models.
These accumulating examples increasingly demonstrate that the future of China-Europe industrial relations is not an either-or zero-sum game, but a win-win alliance characterized by both competition and cooperation. Competitive pressure drives both sides to continuously stimulate innovation vitality and enhance core competitiveness, while cooperation opportunities enable them to share resources, technologies, and markets to achieve mutual benefits. This relationship is propelling the China-Europe automotive industry toward higher quality and greater efficiency. At this critical juncture, the global automotive industry is transitioning toward electrification and intelligence while offering a valuable template for global industrial transformation.
The Renault-Geely initiative in Brazil offers valuable insights for strengthening China-EU economic relations more broadly. Enhanced cooperation between China and Europe represents not merely a strategic choice but a necessity for addressing shared global challenges. Through deepened collaboration in investment, technology, and third-market development, both sides can build more resilient and secure supply chains while reducing over-dependence on single markets.
In sectors such as green development, the digital economy, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare, their complementary strengths create fertile ground for expanding cooperation and cultivating new growth areas.
Amid a sluggish global economic recovery and rising protectionism, deeper China-EU cooperation enhances collective resilience against external risks. As shared interests continue to accumulate through practical collaboration, they generate stronger synergies for addressing pressing global challenges from climate change to economic instability, ultimately injecting more certainty into the international economy.
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