Trade clash between China and Europe, EU cheeses in the crosshairs due to the electric car

Beijing is also targeting European cheeses in the clash over electric cars: this is the new reaction to Brussels' duties, against which China has already opened proceedings at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The race for energy transition is taking on increasingly conflictual tones: after the avalanche of subsidies provided by the US, EU and China to finance their producers, often in conflict with global trade rules, we have already moved on to customs tariffs, which are almost automatically followed by retaliatory mechanisms. On August 21, one day after the confirmation of EU duties on electric cars, Beijing announced an investigation into subsidies for dairy products imported from the Union. In mid-June, an anti-dumping investigation into EU pork exports had already been announced. The dairy investigation, requested by Chinese industry groups on July 29, will examine 20 subsidy programs, some of which fall under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and others available to the ...