EU negotiators head to China hoping to curb cheap imports of hybrid electric cars
- EU trade negotiators are heading to China for two days of crunch talks aimed at sealing a breakthrough deal tackling Beijing’s record £1bn-a-day trade surplus by curbing its exports of cheap hybrid electric cars into Europe.
- Trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and his team fly out on Wednesday and will be negotiating up to the wire in talks scheduled to start the following day and continue late into Friday.
- Sources say they hope to achieve “tangible, meaningful and measurable” results before the meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday next week, where China is high on the agenda.
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- EU trade negotiators are heading to China for two days of crunch talks aimed at sealing a breakthrough deal tackling Beijing’s record £1bn-a-day trade surplus by curbing its exports of cheap hybrid electric cars into Europe.
- Trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and his team fly out on Wednesday and will be negotiating up to the wire in talks scheduled to start the following day and continue late into Friday.
- Sources say they hope to achieve “tangible, meaningful and measurable” results before the meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday next week, where China is high on the agenda.
Sources: Guardian