EU Challenges China at WTO Over Anti-Subsidy Probe

The European Commission has initiated a legal challenge at the World Trade Organisation against China's anti-subsidy investigation on EU dairy imports. The EU cites China's trade defence measures, which are based on insufficient evidence and questionable allegations, as the reason for the legal action.

The European Commission announced on Monday that it has launched a legal challenge at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against China's anti-subsidy investigation into certain dairy imports from the EU.

The measure follows what the EU describes as a worrying trend of China initiating trade defence actions that are based on questionable allegations and insufficient evidence within a short timeframe.

According to the Commission, this action is necessary to address an emerging pattern of China's trade practices, which it believes are unjust and unsubstantiated.