Written questions

Electric Vehicles: China

Commons · Question 5755 · Tabled 12 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 10 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Julia Buckley

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

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 10 Oct 2024

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 ...