China Imposes Temporary Tariffs on EU Pork Imports Over Dumping Allegations

China’s commerce ministry announced on Friday that it will impose temporary duties on pork imports from the European Union, following an investigation that found evidence of dumping.

The probe, launched last year amid EU scrutiny of Chinese subsidies for the electric vehicle industry, concluded that European pork and related by-products were being sold in China at unfairly low prices.

Authorities said they would introduce “provisional anti-dumping measures in the form of deposits”, with tariffs ranging between 15.6% and 62.4%, effective from September 10. The measures will remain provisional pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation, which has been extended until December.

The announcement comes against the backdrop of strained China–EU relations, heightened by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. While Beijing has called for peace, it has avoided condemning Moscow and often accuses Western nations of fueling the conflict by supplying arms to Kyiv.

Earlier on Friday, China’s foreign ministry said it “strongly opposes” US President Donald Trump’s calls for European leaders to exert economic pressure on Beijing over the war in Ukraine.