Tariffs, trade and climate crisis
Following a divided vote by its member states in October, the EU can now impose extra tariffs of up to 35.3 per cent on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China for the next five years.
The vote follows moves by the US Biden administration earlier in 2024 to raise tariffs on Chinese computer chips, EVs, clean energy technologies and metals imported from China – part of an ongoing series of measures from the countries in recent years in the US-China trade war.
Featured in this podcast:
- Raj Bhala, Brenneisen Distinguished Professor in international trade law, University of Kansas School of Law – on the Sino-American trading relationship
- Keith Rockwell, Hinrich Foundation, Singapore, an organisation that advances sustainable global trade, and a former Director at the World Trade Organization – on overproduction and green tech
- Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford – on EU and US approaches
Climate crisis: in focus
The IBA has created a dedicated page collating content published about the climate crisis.