UPDATE 1-US trade chief calls for ‘decisive’ action to shield EV sector from China

The U.S. must take "decisive" action to protect electric vehicles (EVs) from subsidized Chinese competition, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Wednesday as she completes a review of Trump-era China tariffs and considers President Joe Biden's call for higher tariffs on imports of Chinese steel. Tai told a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing that the U.S. needed to create a level playing field for U.S. workers and that Biden's call for higher "Section 301" tariffs on Chinese steel imports means that "we are in very, very advanced stages of our interagency work, and I expect that we will come to conclusion very soon." She said that China's "anti-competitive practices," including "enormous amounts of state support," had fostered overproduction of solar panels a decade ago that devastated U.S. producers.