一 | Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment has responded to Sameer Wankhede's defamation suit over a scene in Aryan Khan's show The Ba***ds of Bollywood. They claimed that while the show depicts an overzealous officer, it does not reference the Cordelia cruise case. IRS officer Sameer Wankhede pleaded in the Delhi High Court seeking an interim injunction on Aryan Khan's series. Responding to Wankhede's claims, senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, appearing for Red Chillies said that satire and fiction can co-exist. "Can satire and fiction co-exist? There is no law that it cannot co-exist. I may be partly inspired by real persons and stories, yet there can be disclaimers, no problem with two existing together. Where is the ill-will or malice? This is about a success story in a Bollywood party. We are not looking at people who are sensitive; hurt is not ground for malice. Can you pick a stray instance, a passage here or there? The series is about 20 different issues. We do not show a documentary on the Cordelia cruise incident. I am inspired by overzealous officers. That is far from saying that this is the Cordelia cruise story." For the uninitiated, in 2021, Wankhede who was with the Narcotics Control Bureau, arrested Aryan Khan from the Cordellia cruise over a drugs case. However, Khan's name was cleared later, and he was released from jail. In his show, there is a scene where an inspector from a fictional anti-narcotics agency arrests an actor over a false drug case. Wankhede argued that the officer shown in the show resembles him and urged that the scene should be removed from the show. Taking a dig at Wankhede, advocate Kaul also argued that Wankhede loves giving interviews to the media and spoke about the issues after the show released. He continued, "You cannot say that the person depicting ills in Bollywood cannot show overzealous officers. I cannot be responsible for what other people say… I am fully entitled to depict issues ailing Bollywood. Even if I am to project someone, a public official cannot be that thin-skinned. Even if I portray you unjustly it is still not a case. Every scene in this show is exaggerated. I am not ridiculing him or the emblem. I am talking about officials who have lofty idea." Wankhede sued Red Chillies, Netflix and Aryan Khan for defamation. The next hearing on this case is on Thursday. Also Read: ’Not Without Bias’- Delhi High Court Pulls Up Red Chillies Over Sameer Wankhede’s Defamation Case。

美国白宫当地时间14日发布消息，借口中国所谓的“不公平贸易行为”，渲染中国商品对美国经济安全构成“不可接受的风险”，要求该国贸易代表根据《1974年贸易法》第301条款对来自中国的180亿美元进口商品提高关税，“以保护美国工人和企业”。

根据这份声明，从今年起，美方将对进口的中国电动汽车征收四倍关税，从25%提高到100%。将对中国太阳能电池的进口税翻一番，从25%提高到50%，是目前税率的两倍。对某些钢铁和铝征收的进口税率，从目前的7.5%提高到25%，是目前税率的三倍多。

环球网援引路透社报道称，美国总统拜登此举是冒着大选之年对华关系恶化的风险，争取那些给他经济政策打低分的选民的支持。

公开数据显示，2024年1—4月，我国外贸进出口总额达到了13.8万亿元，同比增长5.7%，整体表现可圈可点。其中，汽车出口仍然是最突出的亮点之一。数据显示，今年前4个月，我国汽车出口量达187.8万辆，同比增长26%。这一成绩背后，新能源汽车的拉动效应不言而喻。

新能源汽车不仅成为了中国在汽车制造领域内进行弯道超车的先锋，而且成为了中国拉动出口以及带动整个经济增长的主要引擎。拜登政府出重手打压中国的电动车行业，实际上就是在压制中国的竞争力与综合国力。美方此举滥用贸易保护主义措施，将严重影响美国汽车产业转型升级，对消费者带来严重负面影响，也将损害世界经济绿色转型，破坏全球应对气候变化的努力。

对此，中方已作出回应！

外交部回应“美将对华电动车加征关税”

外交部发言人5月14日主持例行记者会，对此作出回应。

有记者就美国总统拜登本周将宣布对电动汽车等中国商品加征关税一事提问。
　

表示，具体情况你可以向主管部门了解。中方一贯反对违反世贸规则单方面加征关税，将采取一切必要措施维护自身正当权益。

外交部驳斥美财长“产能过剩论”

有记者问，近日，美国财长耶伦在接受美国媒体采访时再次谈及中国在电动汽车等新能源领域存在所谓“产能过剩”。面对主持人质疑，耶伦称，“美国会非常明确地针对战略领域进行投资补贴，但我们不希望中国向产能严重过剩的企业提供大量补贴，这只会把我们的企业挤出市场”。中方对此有何评论?

表示，我们注意到有关报道。

二 | 按照美方的逻辑，美国进行补贴就是“至关重要的产业投资”，别国进行补贴就是“令人担忧的不公平竞争”；美国向世界出口有比较优势的产品就是“自由贸易”，别国向世界出口有比较优势的产品就是“产能过剩”。这用中国话说就是“只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯”，用美国话说就是“我做了你不能学，我说了你必须做”。说到底，美国就是在打着“产能过剩”的旗号对别国先进产业进行打压，以“公平竞争”为借口搞保护主义。

指出，我愿重申，包括电动汽车、锂电池、光伏产品在内中国新能源产业的快速发展建立在持续技术创新、完善产供链体系和充分市场竞争之上，取得的领先地位是比较优势和市场规律共同作用的结果，而非来自所谓“补贴”。