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Car wars: the EU announced additional tariffs on imports of Chinese battery electric vehicles

Anna Jerzewska
Founder of Trade and Borders, EuroCommerce Rapporteur on Customs, Customs and International Trade Lead at Cbamboo
Published 20 Jun 2024
Car wars: the EU announced additional tariffs on imports of Chinese battery electric vehicles
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China is facing increasing pressure over exports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as a number of countries contemplate applying measures to protect domestic markets from what they consider to be unfair and market-distorting subsidisation by the Chinese government. On 12 June 2024, the European Commission pre-disclosed new tariffs as a result of an anti-subsidy investigation launched towards the end of 2023. This follows 100% applied on Chinese BEVs introduced by the US in May 2024 and a 40% tariff on conventional and hybrid vehicle imports from China imposed by Türkiye earlier in June.

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