A spokesperson from China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) criticized EU practices in the countervailing investigation on electric vehicles (EVs) from China. The spokesperson also talked about the status of Micron in China and China's outbound investment over the first ten months.

After an announcement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen several weeks ago that the Commission would launch an anti-subsidy investigation on imports of Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEVs), the Commission has now formally initiated the investigation and issued key documents in the case.

In a statement published this week, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers urged the European Union to use caution in its anti-subsidy investigation, warning that it may harm the EU EV industry and global carbon neutrality goals.

At a recent think tank event, EU and U.S. trade officials responded to questions about the recently announced European Commission anti-subsidy investigation on imports of Chinese electric vehicles.

A Chinese company's investment in a battery-making facility in the state of Illinois has just been announced, even as a similar investment in Michigan continues to generate controversy.

As CTM reported in early May, at the May 2 meeting of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, a number of issues were raised by other WTO Members about China's subsidy policies; and China brought up concerns with certain U.S. measures, including the

At a Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures meeting on May 2, for which the minutes have recently been circulated, WTO Members reviewed subsidy notifications that had been made, including the notifications made by China.