The country's Commerce Minister recently urged French officials to encourage the EU to negotiate a fair solution

The Shanghai-based SAIC Motor Corp, which owns the British automotive marque MG, is planning to file a lawsuit against the European Commission now

The extra tariffs will range from 7.8% for Tesla to 35.3% for SAIC Motor, and stack on top of the 10% standard import duty for cars to the EU.

China's SAIC Motor said it intends to file a lawsuit at the European Union's Court of Justice to protect its rights and interests after the EU ruled to hike tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles to as much as 45.