China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced today that it had requested that the World Trade Organization (WTO) set up a panel to hear its claim that subsidies for new energy vehicles provided under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) violate a number of WTO obligations.

The global competition for electric vehicle markets came up at a recent WTO meeting, with China raising concerns about a Saudi Arabian EV charging standard that it believes will put its exports at a disadvantage.

During a recent webinar, trade lawyers from the U.S. and Mexico discussed several issues related to Chinese investment in Mexico and broader geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and China, with the recent Mexican election and upcoming U.S. election as background.

Today, the EU provided details on its previously announced provisional duties in its anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEV).

The Standing Committee on International Trade in Canada's House of Commons is carrying out a study in preparation for the upcoming review of the USMCA, and in that context there have been discussions recently about imports of goods made with forced labor, as well as of Chinese EV

The Canadian government announced today that on July 2, it would "launch a 30-day consultation on potential policy responses to protect Canada’s auto workers and its growing EV industry from unfair trade practices, and prevent trade diversion resulting from recent action taken by Canadian trading partners."

China's trade ministry and the European Commission have agreed to start consultations on the EU anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), after China criticized the EU's practices during the investigation and warned of a trade war.