The trade confrontation between China and the EU has reached a new level. On Monday, China delivered a major retaliatory blow, announcing sweeping China dairy tariffs—the implementation of duties up to 43% on European dairy products. This decision is a direct and harsh response to the European Union’s investigation into the Chinese auto industry, a move that threatens to spiral into a full-scale trade war.
The Impact of China Dairy Tariffs
Beijing’s logic is straightforward: if Europe attacks Chinese electric vehicles, China will strike at what is valuable to Europeans. Famous cheeses, such as Roquefort, along with milk and cream, are now in the crosshairs. Notably, Chinese authorities decided to use Brussels’ own bureaucratic weapons against it. The tariff rates will not be uniform; instead, they will vary depending on the producer and the extent of their
