China has filed a request for consultations with Canada at the WTO related to Canada's potential tariffs on batteries and battery parts, semiconductors, solar products, and critical minerals, adding to its existing WTO dispute on Canadian tariffs on Chinese imports.

A China-Türkiye WTO dispute over EV and automobile tariffs is proceeding to the next stage, with a panel now established to hear the dispute.

China's request for consultations at the WTO relating to the Trump administration's 10% tariffs has now been posted on the WTO web site.

In response to the 10% tariffs imposed by President Trump on all Chinese imports, which went into effect today, China has retaliated quickly, with actions in five areas.

News reports indicate that the EU has restarted its WTO complaint against Chinese restrictions on Lithuanian trade, although the EU action may simply be a procedural move to prevent the panel process from lapsing.

In a letter to Chinese Ambassador Li Chenggang, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and Ambassador María Pagán asked about opening the WTO panel meeting to the public and making its written submissions available in the WTO dispute on the Inflation Reduction Act EV subsidies.

China is pushing forward with a WTO complaint against Türkiye's duties on EVs and other autos, requesting that a WTO panel adjudicate the matter.