China Responds to Canada’s EV Tariff with Canola Anti-Dumping Probe

Beijing has announced plans to launch an anti-dumping investigation into canola imports from Canada, among other measures, just days after Ottawa imposed tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs).
China’s Ministry of Commerce in a Sept. 3 release accused Canada of canola dumping and announced an anti-dumping probe into Canadian canola imports and certain chemical products.
The Chinese commerce ministry has threatened to appeal Canada’s tariffs to the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement mechanism.
China previously imposed a three-year ban on Canadian canola following the diplomatic rift over Canada’s arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei. The ban began in March 2019, months after Canada arrested Meng in Vancouver in response to a U.S. extradition request on charges of bank fraud.
The canola ban was lifted in March 2022, several months after Meng Wanzhou reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. and returned to China in September 2021.