On 2 July, Luxcara, a German renewables developer based in Hamburg, announced it had struck a deal—known as a "preferred supplier arrangement"—with Chinese powerhouse Mingyang for 16 offshore wind turbines to be built in the North Sea by 2028.

"By deciding for the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine, we will be able to expedite Germany's energy transition, while fostering much-needed competition in the industry," said Holger Matthiesen, who manages the Waterkant project that won a bid to build turbines last year.
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Luxcara's announcement comes three months after lawmakers approved into EU law the Net-Zero Industrial Act, which aims to defend the EU's share in key clean-tech industries like wind and solar, came into force.

"With this project, China gets access to critical infrastructure in Germany," said a spokesperson of WindEurope, the industry's lobby group in Brussels, adding that the "European supply chain would have been ready to deliver the wind turbines for this project."

reuters | EU report details widespread Chinese interference in [China's] economy, 3 July

In the run up to announcing provisional tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, the European Commission in April released a 712-page report on the many layers of subsidies it argues the Chinese government provides to domestic firms. The report is designed for anti-dumping cases, but trade experts see it as a supporting document for its anti-subsidy investigation into EVs and as a signal to both China and reluctant European Union member states that it means business.