Chinese EV Tariffs Expose a Growing EU–U.S. Split on Trade Governance
The source argues that the EU’s 2024 countervailing duties on Chinese EVs were narrowly targeted, procedurally structured, and designed to align with WTO subsidy rules while managing retaliation risk. It contrasts this with the U.S. 2024 tariff escalation under Section 301, which the document portrays as broader, less transparent, and more oriented toward strategic leverage than firm-specific subsidy remediation.