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European Cheese Gets Caught Up in Trade Spat With China

A customer inside a supermarket in Beijing, China, in 2023. 

Bloomberg

Cheese has been pulled into the ongoing trade spat between China and the European Union.

Beijing on Wednesday said it has started an anti-subsidy investigation into imports of several dairy products, including fresh and processed cheese, from the EU. It's the latest development in a saga that began with electric vehicles and has embroiled European brandy and pork.