EU challenges China's dairy product probe at WTO

Commission to ask for WTO adjudicating panel if consultations fall short

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China started investigating dairy products from the European Union after it placed import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. © Reuters

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- The European Commission launched a challenge at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Monday against China's investigation into EU dairy products, initiated after the European Union placed import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

This is the first time the European Union has taken such action at the start of an investigation, rather than wait for it to result in trade measures against the bloc.

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