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EU to slap punitive tariffs on Chinese electric cars, risking trade war

A drone view shows BYD electric vehicles (EV) before being loaded onto the "BYD Explorer No.1" for export, at the port of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, China April 25, 2024. VIA REUTERS - China Daily CDIC

The European Union threatened on Wednesday to hit Chinese electric car imports with additional tariffs of up to 38 percent from next month following an anti-subsidy probe, a move that risks triggering a trade war.

"The Commission has provisionally concluded that the battery electric vehicles (BEV) value chain in China benefits from unfair subsidisation, which is causing a threat of economic injury to EU BEV producers," it said in a statement.

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