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EU Tariffs on Chinese EVs to Backfire, Hungary’s Orban Says

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Viktor Orban in Strasbourg, on Oct. 8. Photographer: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images (FREDERICK FLORIN/Photographer: FREDERICK FLORIN/A)

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban slammed the European Union for what he said was a failure to take into account the interests of the continent’s car industry in setting environmental goals.

A lack of planning means the car industry is hemorrhaging and a decision to embrace additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles may only lead to further job losses, Orban told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, in a speech on Wednesday.

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