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Beijing files a second WTO dispute against EU duties on Chinese EVs

November 6, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Beijing has challenged the European Union’s definitive countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles at the World Trade Organization after previously filing suit against the bloc over preliminary duties earlier this year. The EU’s duties were imposed preliminarily in June following a countervailing investigation that determined China’s battery EV industry benefited from improper government support. The definitive duties went into effect at the end of October. Ranging from 17 percent to more than 35 percent, they will be added to the...


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