China widens EU dairy probe to more subsidy programmes

China said on Friday it would expand the scope of its anti-subsidy investigation into dairy imports from the European Union to cover additional EU subsidy programmes as well as those in Denmark, France, Italy and the Netherlands, reported Reuters. The world's second-largest economy launched the investigationinto imports of some cheese, milk and cream from the EU in August, following the bloc's tariff plan for China-made electric vehicles. New EU tariffs of up to 45.3% on Chinese EV imports took effect on Oct. 30, with China urging some governments of EU nations to nudge the European Commission towards a solution acceptable to the electric vehicle industries of both sides. On Friday, China's commerce ministry said it decided to include questions about the additional subsidy programmes in questionnaires sent to EU firms as part of its investigation, following an application from the Chinese dairy industry. The addition does not include new dairy products and takes into account the ...