Oct. 30 (UPI) -- China hit out Wednesday at European Union duties on imports of Chinese-made battery electric vehicles accusing the 27-member country bloc of "pure protectionism" that would hurt East-West supply lines, consumers and the effort to deal with the climate crisis and said it had filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization. "The EU's anti-subsidy probe and high tariffs on Chinese EVs -- neither of which were demanded by the industry -- is pure protectionism detrimental to China-