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francine lacqua spoke with the eu trade commissioner about this. >> when it comes to the decision ont distortion coming from subsidies . our investigation has been done in strict correspondence with eu rules, facts-based. you don't see any basis for retaliation. we need to treat different cases separately. francine: you aren't even worried about retaliation? they are investigating it. if there were retaliation, are there specific industries you think would be the most at risk? valdis: we are not seeing the basis for retaliation as what we are conducting is in line with rules. currently we are the largest market which is actually open the chinese battery electric vehicles. the u.s., for example, recently holds a 100% tariff on those. our aim is not close the market to battery electric vehicles from china, but to be sure of fair competition and a level playing field. we don't see any basis for retaliation for that. francine: how is the progress going in terms of talks with china. is there a willingness from china to make substantial changes that led you to put the tariffs on? valdis: w