The European Commission justifies the imposition of additional duties on Chinese EV imports based on the results of their anti-subsidy investigation. The investigation concluded that the battery electric vehicles (BEV) value chain in China benefits from unfair subsidization, which poses a threat of economic injury to EU BEV producers. This determination allows the European Commission to impose countervailing duties on imports of BEVs from China to offset the subsidies and level the playing field for EU producers(3). The duty rates vary for different Chinese EV makers, with BYD facing a 17.4% duty, Geely facing a 20% duty, and SAIC facing a 38.1% duty. These duties are in addition to the ordinary BEV import duty of 10%.