Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 5755

Electric Vehicles: China

Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024

Question

Julia Buckley

LabourShrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to increase the import tariff on electric vehicles from China.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
New tariffs or quotas on goods from a particular country can be applied via trade remedies. It is for the independent Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) to investigate whether trade remedy measures are needed to protect our industries. The Secretary of State ...

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