# Commission advances duties on Chinese electric vehicles

Date: 2024

In 2024 the Commission moved toward countervailing duties on Chinese EVs. Breton publicly backed an industrial line. Investigation is a trade instrument, not a finding of a secret plot.

## People

- Thierry Breton: https://factrail.ai/people/thierry-breton

## Drivers

- Industrial-Policy Activism: https://factrail.ai/drivers/industrial-policy-activism

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/eu-china-ev-tariffs-2024-06-12/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_3231

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-ev-tariffs-2024