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Germany's Scholz: EU wants to avoid subsidy race with U.S.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrive to hold a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Mang

The European Union wants to avoid a subsidy race against the United States and does not want to fare behind Mexico or Canada as a trading partner, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday.

Scholz was speaking alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Berlin ahead of an EU summit next week that will discuss funding for green industry projects to counterbalance subsidies in the United States and China.

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