A Chinese industry association and a major automaker criticized the European Commission's anti-subsidy investigation of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) as being inconsistent with WTO rules. Criticisms include inflating the subsidy rate, a lack of transparency, an unusual sampling process, and requesting excessive information.

At two recent meetings of the WTO's Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, China raised a number of concerns with the countervailing duty investigations and practices of other WTO Members, as well as criticizing U.S. subsidies to the semiconductor industry; and several Members criticized China's

A U.S. Commerce Department investigation that will apply new transnational subsidy rules for the first time is underway, with Commerce asking the Chinese government for details about its subsidies in the solar sector related to production in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

This piece discusses an ongoing U.S. court appeal relating to a U.S. Commerce Department anti-dumping determination against tires produced by Pirelli, an Italian company that was acquired by a Chinese company.

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

Last week, the U.S. Commerce Department issued decisions on anti-dumping/countervailing duties on paper plates and pea protein from China.

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.