Justified response to malicious, unscrupulous move

The Canadian government said on Aug 26 that it plans to impose a 100 percent additional tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles from Oct 1, and a 25 percent additional tariff on steel and aluminum products imported from China from Oct 15 to protect Canadian interests in the face of "unfair competition" from China.

In response, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced a number of countermeasures on Wednesday.

According to the ministry, China will initiate an "anti-discrimination investigation" into relevant restrictive measures taken by Canada; and it will launch an anti-dumping probe on canola imports from Canada; and it will organize an anti-dumping investigation on relevant Canadian chemical products based on domestic industry applications in accordance with WTO principles. China will bring Canada's relevant practices to the World Trade Organization dispute settlement mechanism.