China launches agricultural sanctions in response to U.S., EU electric vehicle tariffs

China is fighting import tariffs on its electric vehicles by making Western farmers pay the price.

Beijing has levied billions of dollars of agricultural sanctions against the U.S., the European Union, and Canada, after they imposed duties on Chinese EVs to protect their own automakers. China has said it will lift farm tariffs only when Western governments drop EV duties.

The trade war began in May last year when the U.S. increased tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100%. In July,…