According to foreign media reports, people familiar with the matter revealed that the government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing to impose new tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles to bring Canada in line with the actions taken by the United States and the European Union.
It is reported that the Canadian government still needs to make a final decision on how to impose new tariffs, but may soon announce the start of public negotiations on tariffs, which will affect Chinese exports of electric vehicles to Canada.
At present, Trudeau is facing increasing pressure at home and abroad to be in line with the actions taken by the United States and the European Union.
Last month, the United States announced that it would increase the tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles to 102.
5 percent from the current 25 percent.
The European Union also announced last week that it would, from July 4, impose a temporary tariff of 17.
4 percent 38.
1 percent on Chinese electric vehicles, on top of the existing 10 percent tariff.
Earlier on June 20, Doug Ford, governor of Ontario, Canada, called on Trudeau’s government to impose at least the same tariffs on Chinese electric cars as those of the United States.
“unless we act quickly, our jobs in Ontario and Canada as a whole will be at risk,” he said on social media platform X.
” Last year, the value of Canadian electric cars imported from China soared to C $2.
2 billion ($1.
6 billion) from less than C $100m in 2022, according to Statistics Canada.
The number of cars arriving at Vancouver ports from China more than quintupled after Tesla began shipping Model Y cars from his Shanghai plant to Vancouver.
Photo: Tesla, however, the Canadian government’s main concern is not Tesla, but the prospect of an eventual influx of affordable electric cars made by Chinese automakers into the Canadian market.
Trudeau and other cabinet ministers said publicly that they were monitoring the actions of other countries, but had not yet promised to impose new tariffs.
A spokesman for Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada was “actively considering the next step to deal with the oversupply of Chinese capacity”, but did not say whether it was prepared to impose tariffs.
The Canadian Automobile Industry Organization also called on Canada to impose high tariffs.
The group warned that Canada could not disagree with the United States on this issue in view of the upcoming review of the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement.
The automobile supply chains of the United States and Canada are closely linked, and a large number of parts and vehicles flow across borders.
At present, most of the cars produced in Canada are exported to the United States.
However, considering that China may take trade countermeasures, Trudeau took cautious action.
Some environmental groups believe that the most important thing is to keep the cost of electric vehicles low to encourage more consumers to adopt them.
The Trudeau government and the Doug Ford-led Ontario government pledged billions of dollars to build a domestic electric vehicle industry chain, from mining key minerals for batteries to assembling cars and light trucks, including subsidies for large new plants to be built by Volkswagen, Stellantis and Honda.
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