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MIIT, CAAM slam automakers for renewed price war

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The auto industry’s renewed price war has regulators fuming.
On Saturday, China’s top auto industry body (CAAM) issued a statement calling for fair competition and healthy industry development – implicitly rebuking industry leader BYD for fueling the latest price war (Caixin):

“Since May 23, steep ...



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