China Retaliates Against EU Tariffs with Probe into European Dairy Imports

A day after the EU finalized its tariffs on Chinese electric cars, Beijing seems intent on paying Brussels back with the same coin. China’s Ministry of Commerce said it has launched an investigation into dairy products imported from the EU starting August 21th, 2024, following a request from the China Dairy Association and the China Dairy Industry Association.

Which EU products are at risk from Chinese duties?

The dairy products covered by the measure taken by China specifically include fresh cheese (including ricotta) and curd, processed cheese (including grated or powdered), blue cheese and other hard cheeses.

According to the complainants, the EU and its member state governments have provided a total of 20 subsidy projects to dairy industries linked to the Old Continent.

Italy also under China’s investigation

As far as Italy is concerned, two cases are cited: subsidies for livestock insurance and subsidies for dairy logistics. Clear, as mentioned at the beginning, China’s intention is to respond to the measure just launched by Brussels.

Interested parties and governments of affected EU countries will now have 20 days to register with the Trade Investigation and Remedies Office of the Ministry of Commerce to participate in this investigation. Failure to cooperate risks automatically triggering the maximum penalty. The investigation is expected to be completed before August 21st, 2025 and may be extended for six months in special circumstances.

The European Commission communicated to interested parties the draft decision on the imposition of definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles from China

The draft decision reflects the comments received from interested parties on the provisional countervailing duties published on July 4th, 2024, as well as the conclusion of a number of phases of the investigation that had not been completed at the provisional stage.

The disclosure of draft final findings is an intermediate procedural step in a trade defence investigation. The aim is to give interested parties the opportunity to comment, as was also done at the provisional stage. Once the Commission has analysed all comments from interested parties and the Member States have expressed their views, the final decision will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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