Beijing has filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization over Canada’s unilateral and trade protectionist measures, and will conduct an anti-discrimination investigation into these restrictive measures, the ministry said in a statement.
And it started Canada On Tuesday it imposed a 100 percent tax on electric vehicles coming from China, after it also announced in late August a 25 percent tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum products.
Commenting on the announcement made by the Canadian side, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said that the measures taken by Canada violate the principles of market economy and fair competition, seriously harm the normal economic and trade cooperation between Chinese and Canadian enterprises, greatly affect bilateral economic and trade relations, and disrupt and distort Global industrial and supply chains, noting that his country strongly opposes these measures by the Canadian side.
A few days ago, the sharp increases in customs duties imposed by Washington on Chinese goods came into effect, representing a blow to the second largest economy in the world. The administration of US President Joe Biden announced last May that it would maintain the customs duties imposed by the Trump administration, and it was also decided to increase customs duties on Chinese goods, which poses a major challenge to Chinese industries.
Under the new customs duties, solar cells, semiconductors, and medical supplies made in China, such as masks and surgical gloves, are now subject to customs duties of 50 percent, and customs duties on lithium batteries have been raised to 25 percent.
