2024-10-06 03:01:37
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China’s Ministry of Commerce announced today, October 2, that it has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) asking it to look into Canada’s recent “crackdown” on Chinese goods. In particular, the PRC considers the introduction by the Canadian government of additional duties on imports of electric vehicles, as well as steel and aluminum products from China, illegal, Day.Az reports with reference to Kommersant.
Canada at the end of August announced the introduction of 100 percent import duties on electric vehicles from China and a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum. These measures came into force on October 1. The announcement follows similar decisions in the EU and US. The US, EU and Canada explained their decisions by “illegal subsidies” for the production of Chinese electric vehicles by the state.
China responds to the introduction of duties on its goods in the same way – it begins anti-dumping investigations and files complaints with the WTO. Thus, back in May, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China began an anti-dumping investigation into certain types of plastic produced in the USA, EU, Japan and some other countries.