The European Commission's decision to press ahead with tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles threatens to undermine decades of cooperation between China and the EU, and endangers climate-change goals,

The EU conformed its decision to raise tariffs on Chinese EVs, leading to worries this might raise trade tensions.

The European Union voted to impose more tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), risking further retaliation from Beijing, which in August launched an anti-subsidy investigation into EU dairy imports.