US Trade Representative Katherine Tai denounces China for filing WTO complaint over EV subsidies
- China ‘continues to use unfair, non-market policies and practices to undermine fair competition and pursue the dominance of the PRC’s manufacturers’, says Tai
- Beijing objects to a US law that it says provides ‘discriminatory’ subsidies for electric vehicles
“We are carefully reviewing the consultation request,” US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a statement. “Meanwhile, the PRC continues to use unfair, non-market policies and practices to undermine fair competition and pursue the dominance of the PRC’s manufacturers, both in the PRC and in global markets.”
The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In its statement, the Office of the US Trade Representative did not mention EVs specifically – a growing area of tension between the two countries – but said the US mission in Geneva received word that China filed a WTO “consultation request” regarding “parts of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and its implementing measures”.
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Under WTO rules, if a member believes another member is violating a WTO agreement, it first initiates a consultation request identifying what agreements it believes have been violated.