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China opens tit-for-tat trade probe into EU dairy products day after bloc’s EV tariff move
- Imports of fresh and processed cheese, as well as uncondensed milk and cream without added sugar or other sweeteners, will be investigated
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China on Wednesday announced an anti-subsidy investigation into dairy products produced in the European Union – the latest move in retaliation to the bloc’s tariff increases on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs).
The products under investigation include fresh and processed cheese, as well as uncondensed milk and cream without added sugar or other sweeteners, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom).
The decision came after the EU revised down countervailing duties on some Chinese EV producers a day earlier, to which Beijing still voiced strong opposition.
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The action on Wednesday followed Beijing’s announcement in June that it had launched an anti-dumping investigation on pork products imported from the EU.
In the first seven months of the year, China imported over US$315 million of affected dairy products from the EU, according to Chinese customs.
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France was the top source, shipping products worth US$115 million in the period, with Italy second with US$43 million.
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