Chilean expert says U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese products disrupt economy, harm environment

STORY: Chilean expert says U.S. tariff hikes on Chinese products disrupt economy, harm environment SHOOTING TIME: May 30, 2024 DATELINE: May 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's EV industry 2. various of the U.S. STORYLINE: A Chilean expert criticized the U.S.'s tariff hikes on Chinese new energy products, stating that the move will disrupt the economic system and undermine environmental protection efforts. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MARCELA VERA, Economist and scholar of the University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) "Chinese (electric) cars are a huge innovation process, not only in terms of electromobility, but also in how they interrelate with communication systems, artificial intelligence and robotics. These elements are not found in the other automobile markets and, therefore, preventing this type of market (China) from developing, as it should be in a competitive system, would imply that the United States is once again interfering in the economic syst

Western interpretation of human rights in China's Xinjiang biased: Chilean expert

STORY: Western interpretation of human rights in China's Xinjiang biased: Chilean expert SHOOTING TIME: earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xinjiang 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MARCELA VERA, Economist and scholar of the University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) STORYLINE: Western countries opt to interpret the issues of human rights regarding China's Xinjiang in a biased way to weaken its economic status in the region, said a Chilean expert in a recent interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MARCELA VERA, Economist and scholar of the University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) "I think it is a very important problem that whenever an international opinion is issued regarding the human rights in China, there are related conceptual differences regarding how to interpret cultural phenomena. This is how this region (Xinjiang) has generated a series of policies to let different ethnic groups coexist with each other. Therefore, the way tha