On Monday 17 June, China confirmed that it was launching an anti-dumping investigation into imports of pork and pork by-products from the EU. This follows a complaint lodged by industry representatives in China. Beijing suspects the EU of improperly subsidising this branch of agriculture through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
For its part, the European Commission said it was fully confident that farm subsidies were unassailable: “We’re not worried at all. All subsidies comply...