Last week, European Union trade chief Maros Šefčovič and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met in France and made progress on the EU anti-subsidy case on Chinese EVs, China's anti-dumping case on EU brandy, and China's rare earth export control policies, according to officials from China&

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD announced that it will expand its investment in Hungary, putting its European headquarters and an R&D base there.

A wave of tariff hikes imposed by major economies last year is beginning to reshape the global landscape of electric vehicle (EV) trade. A review of China's EV export data for the first quarter of 2025 shows a notable overall decline alongside some shifts in destination markets.

Last week, Toyota and the Shanghai government signed a deal to build a new EV plant in the Jinshan District of Shanghai.

At the meeting of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body on April 25, a panel was established to hear China's complaint regarding EU countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles.

The China-Türkiye WTO dispute over EV and automobile tariffs is proceeding to the next stage, with a panel now composed to hear the dispute.

China has filed a panel request in its WTO challenge to the EU's countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles.