China’s Probes Into EU Pork, Brandy, and Dairy Are ‘Unwarranted’: EU Trade Chief

European Commission vice-president in charge the Euro, Social Dialogue, Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Valdis Dombrovskis addresses the press at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Jan.16, 2023. Kenzo Trobouillard/AFP via Getty Images

China’s anti-subsidies investigations into brandy, pork, and dairy shipped from the European Union (EU) are “unwarranted” and “lack sufficient evidence,” the bloc’s trade commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis, said on Sept. 19.

Dombrovskis conveyed this message during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, who visited Brussels in an effort to stop the imposition of extra tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) made in China.