The two sides are still talking but remain far apart, with little hope of reaching a deal.
European Union officials are bracing for an onslaught of retaliatory trade actions after a team of Chinese officials tasked with resolving an EV tariff row were hauled back to Beijing over the weekend.
The bloc’s punitive import tariffs of up to 35.3 per cent on Chinese electric vehicles are set to kick in by the end of the month, capping a year-long anti-subsidy investigation that China fought ferociously.
