MPs Call for Emergency Trade Committee Meeting on Tariffs for Chinese EVs

A worker is pictured with electric car batteries at a factory, Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Co. Ltd., which makes lithium batteries for electric cars and other uses, in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, on March 12, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Conservative and NDP MPs have asked for the House trade committee to immediately reconvene to discuss the economic consequences of Canada not placing tariffs on Chinese steel, aluminum, and electric vehicles (EVs)

“Canadian steel, aluminum mining, auto manufacturing jobs are at risk, and workers across the country will lose their jobs if Beijing is allowed to continue dumping products into the Canadian market with no economic consequences,” says the Aug. 12 letter signed by Conservative and NDP MPs.