US Accusation Against Battery Materials From China ‘Unreasonable’; Any Extra Tariff to Backfire: Chinese Expert

US accusation against battery materials from China ‘unreasonable’; any extra tariff to backfire: Chinese expert

The US Commerce Department has accused China's key battery material industry of benefiting from so-called unfair high-level government subsidies, which may provide a basis for the US to impose countervailing duties on related battery components, according to US media reports.

US Preliminary Ruling Finds Subsidies on Graphite and Other Anode Materials Imported from China, Tariffs May Follow - YT FINANCE

The US Department of Commerce has launched anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations into graphite and other anode materials imported from China, and has issued a preliminary ruling indicating the existence of subsidies, which could lead to the imposition of import tariffs on Chinese anode materials.