At the meeting of the WTO's Council for Trade in Goods this week, China raised the issue of Canada's recent surtaxes on Chinese goods, including on electric vehicles.

At the meeting of the WTO's Committee on Market Access on November 19 and 20, WTO Members discussed the tariffs recently imposed by Canada on Chinese EVs and other goods, as well as new U.S. tariffs on EVs and a Section 301 investigation on shipbuilding and related

The WTO has now circulated China's consultations request related to the EU's definitive countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce confirmed that it had filed an additional lawsuit against the EU's anti-subsidy measures on electric vehicles at the WTO, following up on its earlier complaint on the preliminary measures.

At a recent meeting of the Canadian House of Commons Committee on International Trade, two key ministers from the Trudeau government testified about issues related to the Canadian surtaxes on Chinese EVs and other products.

The European Union's countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles have now been finalized, with the full reasoning of the European Commission available. In terms of the next legal steps, the Commission's determination can now be appealed to the EU courts and can be challenged at the

As the EU is concluding its anti-subsidy investigation on Chinese EVs, the two governments continue their efforts to negotiate a solution to resolve the issue. Recent statements from China have underscored two key points of contention in the ongoing negotiations.