Commenting on the issue on Sunday, Roland Lescure, the French ministerial representative for industry, said in a broadcast interview that “competition must be strong and fair – we must coordinate to make sure we are on an equal playing field”. .
Lescure said that American subsidies were distributed “a little more quickly and effectively than ours”.
As an example, he said: “You get a subsidy of US$7,000 for an electric vehicle in the United States, but it has to be American for the circuitry.
“In France, you have 6,000 or 7,000 euros depending on your salary and the vehicle can come from China.”