Will the complaint escalate a trade war between the EU and the US? Or will it create a bigger incentive to negotiate?

Fears of a widening tariff war between China and other major exporting nations are keeping diplomacy between the world's second-largest economy and the European Union alive, even as trade talks over electric vehicles stall.

As electric vehicle (EV) competition heats up globally, trade tensions between China and the European Union have escalated. This week, the conflict took a new turn as China filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Europe's recent imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric cars.