 
 
							Two billion parcels with a declared value of less than 150 euros arrived in the EU from outside countries in 2023
 
 
							Chinese firms have reported a decline in sales and a hit to brand image as a result of the EU's recently concluded anti-subsidy probe
 
 
							Industry insiders say EU tariffs are unlikely to stop the expansion of Chinese EV exports, with carmakers likely to simply pass on higher costs to customers
 
 
							Plug-in hybrids priced from 79,800 yuan ($11,014) have made up the bulk of BYD's sales in the past three years
 
 
							Chinese exports of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars to Brazil soared 13-fold year-on-year partly due to a drop in shipments to EU on the back of an ongoing anti-subsidy probe
 
 
							Europe and the United States are on track to step up levies on imports of Chinese EVs in coming weeks, but those levies could fuel inflation, put climate goals at risk and lead to retaliation from Beijing
 
 
							The European Commission is expected to impose duties in the 15-30% range when it concludes its Chinese EVs anti-subsidy probe
 
 
							UK and German counter-espionage chiefs ordered the arrest of six suspects, following swoops by counterparts in the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden
 
 
							A Chinese industry body chief said Brussels’ investigation was ‘tainted’ and stacked against his country’s automakers
 
 
							Even China’s vast domestic market can’t soak up the excess capacity of its solar power industry
 
 
							Xinjiang shipped goods worth $312 million to Europe with lithium-ion batteries among the region's key exports to the bloc
 
 
							“What we see right now is the unfolding of a slow-motion train accident,” the chief of a European trade lobby in China said