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It has felt the heat before; when the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo got the award in 2010, Beijing froze diplomatic ties with Oslo and imposed economic sanctions in a row that lasted six years.

The UK is particularly attractive to firms like BYD as the country has not imposed tariffs on Chinese EVs, unlike other major markets such as the European Union and the US.

The firm limited shipments to the US in the second quarter after the president imposed a 25% tariff on car imports in April.

Punitive tariffs are imposed on longtime allies, seemingly for whimsical or inscrutable reasons.

While he could have gone to the Republican-controlled Congress to get approval, he imposed several rounds of large and worldwide tariffs acting on his own.