According to Nikkei Asia, Japanese Prime Minister Sana Takaichi, in a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, plans to seek preferences for Japanese electric vehicles in the EU market, where the country's automakers sold 1.4 million cars last year. The reason was the European Industrial Accelerator Law, which makes local assembly and the use of local components a condition for receiving subsidies, which puts importers at a disadvantage.

According to Nikkei Asia, Japanese Prime Minister Sana Takaichi, in a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, plans to seek preferences for Japanese electric vehicles in the EU market, where the country's automakers sold 1.4 million cars last year. The reason was the European Industrial Accelerator Law, which makes local assembly and the use of local components a condition for receiving subsidies, which puts importers at a disadvantage.