MK sport East China's Zhejiang Province on April 1, 2024. The smart EV factory delivered 14,567 new vehicles in March, a yearly increase of 136 percent. Photo: VCG" />

Workers complete assembling an electric vehicle (EV) at China's EV start-up Leapmotor in Jinhua, East China's Zhejiang Province on April 1, 2024. Photo: VCG

The China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products (CCCME) has filed a lawsuit with the EU court on behalf of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) enterprises that authorized the chamber, challenging the European Commission's (EC) violation of the EU Anti-Subsidy Regulation in its anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese EVs, CCCME said on Friday in a statement it posted on its WeChat account.

"As the plaintiff, CCCME will continue to represent the Chinese EV industry in judicial proceedings, firmly protecting the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises," CCCME stated.

On October 29, EU concluded its anti-subsidy investigation by imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery EVs from China for a period of five years, EC said in a press release seen on its website.

On October 30, China said it "does not recognize nor accept" the EU's final ruling and filed a suit at WTO under its dispute settlement mechanism. China will take "all necessary measures" to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, a spokesperson from China's Commerce Ministry said.

In mid-November, however, Chinese and European teams have reached "technical consensus" in recent EV talks, after in-depth discussions on the specifics of the price commitment plan on China-made EVs, Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV, said in a post.


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