Beijing's response to steep European tariffs on China-made EVs did not take long to materialize. On Monday, officials announced an antidumping probe on European pork imports, the first retaliatory measure since the European Union imposed tariffs as high as 38% on electric-vehicle imports from China last week.
China's move was more a matter of when, than if. State media, like the English-language outlet Global Times, had reported that Chinese industries had requested a probe into EU pork imports.
