China Sets Steep Duties on European Dairy Products in Tit-for-Tat Response

While the new levies could be reduced in its final ruling, the decision risks heightening tensions with the 27-nation bloc.
China Sets Steep Duties on European Dairy Products in Tit-for-Tat Response
Cheese imported from Europe is displayed at a supermarket in Beijing on Aug. 21, 2024. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
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The Chinese communist regime on Dec. 22 imposed provisional duties on dairy products shipped from the European Union, the latest retaliation against the 27-nation bloc’s probe of its electric vehicles (EVs) subsidies.

The new tariff rates vary by European cheese manufacturer and range from 21.9 percent to 42.7 percent, according to a ruling issued by the regime’s Ministry of Commerce.