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The EU has escalated its trade war with China after placing prohibitive import tariffs on carmakers including BYD and Geely.

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The European Union has threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, escalating a trade dispute over Beijing’s subsidies for the exports that Brussels worries is hurting domestic automakers

Several media outlets are reporting that the European Commission will notify carmakers this Wednesday that it will impose provisional import duties on Chinese electric vehicles next month. The move is based on a probe the EU has conducted amid accusations that Chinese carmakers benefit from an unfair advantage thanks to…

While the centre-right European People’s Party remains the largest bloc, analysts say a shift to the right is likely.

Move, to be applied provisionally from July, would trigger duties of more than €2bn a year

Climate change creating ‘more favourable conditions’ for invasive mosquitos, say experts

The EU’s political shift to the right – and the dumping of its greenest-ever parliament – has fuelled worries over the future of the bloc’s flagship Green Deal and plans to turn Europe into the world’s first climate-neutral continent.

Far-right gains have left liberals and Greens reeling – but despite differences, their interest lies in banding together, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre