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

China 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 press release accused Canada of canola dumping and announced a probe into Canadian canola imports and certain chemical products.
The Chinese commerce ministry has threatened to appeal Canada’s tariffs via 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 reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. and returned to China in September 2021.