China Warns UK Against EV Tariffs, Vows Countermeasures

The UK's willingness to align with the EU on EV tariffs would extend a Brussels-style trade posture to London, potentially widening the front facing Chinese automakers beyond the bloc. The Chinese commerce ministry's language signals that EV restrictions are now treated as a retaliation trigger, not a narrow sectoral dispute. The open question is whether the UK follows through with concrete measures or uses alignment talk as leverage, and how quickly Beijing's promised countermeasures would materialize.