Economic Times (July 4)
“The Chinese government is signalling enough is enough when it comes to the fierce competition in the country’s electric car market.” The nation’s “industrial policy has engineered a remarkable transformation to electric vehicles in… the world’s largest auto market,” but it has also “spawned far more makers than can possibly survive.” The government is moving to address “long-simmering concerns about oversupply and debilitating price wars.” The government is now “cracking down… targeting unsustainable price wars led by market giant BYD.” Marking a first step “toward stabilising the market,” the government has introduced “a new pledge to pay suppliers within 60 days.”
Tags: BYD, China, Cracking down, Debilitating, EV market, Fierce competition, Government, Industrial policy, Oversupply, Price wars, Stabilising, Suppliers, Unsustainable
Reuters (February 5)
“Prolonged factory deflation is threatening the survival of smaller Chinese exporters who are locked in relentless price wars for shrinking business as higher interest rates abroad and rising trade protectionism squeeze demand.” Fifteen months of falling producer prices have crushed “profit margins to the point where industrial output and jobs are now at risk,” further “compounding China’s economic woes, which include a property crisis and debt crunch.”
Tags: China, Demand, Economic woes, Exporters, Factory deflation, Interest rates, Jobs, Output, Price wars, Producer prices, Profit margins, Prolonged, Property crisis, Relentless, Risk, Survival, Threatening, Trade protectionism
