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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Lisa O'Carroll

China begins anti-subsidy investigation into European dairy imports

A customer checks a cheese imported from Europe at a supermarket in Beijing.
A customer checks a cheese imported from Europe at a supermarket in Beijing. Photograph: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images

Chinese authorities have launched an anti-subsidy investigation into European dairy imports, in the latest sign of escalating trade tensions between Brussels and Beijing.

The announcement from China’s commerce ministry on Wednesday came a day after the European Commission revealed revised duties on Chinese electric vehicles as part of its examination into what it viewed as artificially cheap cars that posed a threat to jobs in Europe’s motor industry.

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