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 EU has voted to press ahead with hefty tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, laying the ground for what may become a trade war between two of the world's biggest economic regions. The proposed “definitive countervailing duties” – which are up to 45 per cent,