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it home reported on august 29 that early this morning beijing time, reuters quoted canadian government sources as saying that before canada announced this week that it would impose a 100% tariff on chinese-made electric vehicles, tesla had contacted ottawa and asked to lower tariffs on its electric vehicles produced in china.

the tariffs, which took effect on oct. 1 and apply to all electric vehicles shipped from china, including tesla models built in china, were imposed after ottawa signaled its intention to impose them in june.

the source, who requested anonymity, said tesla approached canada before the official announcement and asked for a tax rate comparable to the one it received in the european union. tesla does not disclose exports from china to canada, but vehicle identification codes show that model 3 and model y are being exported to canada from shanghai.

the european union this month relented on tesla, imposing a 9% tariff on the company's cars made in china and a 36.3% tariff on other chinese electric vehicle imports.

according to it home, the canadian government announced on monday local time that it would impose a 100% tariff on electric vehicles imported from china, matching the us tariffs and following a similar plan announced by the european commission.

on august 27, the spokesperson of the ministry of commerce said that canada intends to take restrictive measures on chinese electric vehicles and other products:

on august 26, canada announced that it would impose additional tariffs and other restrictive measures on electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products imported from china. canada has ignored facts and wto rules, ignored china's repeated solemn representations, and ignored opposition and dissuasion from many parties, and has acted unilaterally. china is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it.

china has repeatedly stressed that the development of china's electric vehicle and other industries is based on its own comparative advantages and is the result of open competition. chinese electric vehicles are welcomed by global users, including canadian consumers, and have also made great contributions to global efforts to address climate change and green transformation.

canada claims to support free trade and the multilateral trading system based on wto rules, but it blatantly violates wto rules and blindly follows some countries in announcing that it will take unilateral tariff measures, which is a typical trade protectionism. this move by canada will disrupt the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain, seriously undermine the global economic system and economic and trade rules, severely impact china-canada economic and trade relations, damage the interests of enterprises in both countries, affect the welfare of canadian consumers, and undermine canada's green transformation and global efforts to address climate change.

china urges canada to correct its wrong practices immediately. china will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of chinese companies.