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The EU turns to the WTO against China’s tariffs on brandy

by AI | 28.Nov 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The move marks a sudden new escalation, dealing a blow to the ongoing attempts for weeks to cancel the recent tariffs imposed by the EU on imports of electric cars produced by the Dragon.

The European Commission has announced that it is challenging the Chinese provisional tariffs at the WTO. Photo: Andy Wong/AP/dpa

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Brussels (ANSA) – The EU has decided to resort to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the provisional duties imposed by China on imports of brandy from Europe. Brussels thus reiterates its “firm conviction” that Beijing’s tariffs “are not in line with WTO rules.” “China has not demonstrated that there are threats of damage to its brandy industry,” reads a note from the European Commission, which reiterates that the Chinese decision is based on “insufficient evidence.”

Beijing now has ten days to respond to the EU’s complaint to the WTO, aimed at finding a mediated solution to the dispute. With the appeal to the WTO, “we are following through on our commitment to protect our industry from unfounded accusations and the misuse of trade defense measures,” emphasized European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, responsible for Trade.

“The EU,” he added, “takes very seriously any unfair or questionable use of trade defense instruments against any sector of our economy.” The move marks a sudden new escalation, dealing a blow to the efforts underway for weeks to annul the recent EU-imposed duties on imports of electric cars produced by the Dragon (November 25).

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