21 Sep 2024
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The EU and China haven’t reached a breakthrough on proposed EV tariffs.
Yet.
On Thursday, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with EU Trade Chief Valdis Dombrovskis in Brussels to strike a deal averting the EU’s planned tariffs on EVs imported from China.
Some context: Before Brussels, Wan...
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