Good morning from Brussels, Experts are divided over whether the European Commission’s decision to impose trade tariffs on China-made electric vehicles has solid enough legal grounds. Some argue that the EU executive’s anti-dumping investigation might have flouted World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. Others claim that China’s decision to file an official complaint with the WTO over the EU’s provisional duties will not hold up as the EU’s actions were “carefully crafted” The Commission declared it is “very confident that every aspect of its investigation has been fully in line with all relevant WTO and EU rules”. Thomas Moller-Nielsen’s analysis sheds light on the different aspects. Romania, Luxembourg nominate EU commissioners The Romanian government nominated Socialist MEP Victor Negrescu, currently vice-president of the European Parliament. Moreover, in an unexpected move, Luxembourg's PM Luc Frieden (CSV-EPP) picked centre-right MEP Christophe Hansen over the EU socialists’ lead candidate for the EU Commission presidency, Nicolas Schmit. German SPD MEP René Repasi said it was a “totally wrong” decision and Luxembourg should have followed the Dutch example in 2019, when EU socialists’ spitzenkandidat Frans Timmermans was defeated in the EU elections but was nominated as commissioner by the then liberal-led Dutch government. Euractiv will publish more details later today. Last but not least, with the EU’s new leadership soon in place, Ukraine is looking to the bloc’s new team for more assistance and a swifter accession, Kyiv’s envoy to Brussels, Vsevolod Chentsov, told Euractiv. | 