News Digest Item
01 Mar 2017

“China to relax quotas for German e-cars”

Handelsblatt

China has decided to relax its ambitious quotas for electric and hybrid car production after holding high-level discussions with Germany, business daily Handelsblatt has learned from three sources. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang discussed the issue in a telephone conversation, and China’s ministry of industry is now drawing up plans to ease the quotas with a result expected in the coming week, write Stephan Scheuer and Thomas Sigmund.

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