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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey in Mumbai

UK resists EU pressure to hit China with tariffs

Rows of identical red SUVs await export, parked closely together at a car yard
Chery Tiggo 4 SUVs at an export facility in Yantai, in China’s Shandong province. Photograph: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

The business secretary has hit back at European demands for British tariffs on Chinese imports, saying the government will not change its trade rules because of pressure from Brussels.

Jonathan Reynolds warned that the government would not bow to calls from other countries for the UK to hit Chinese vehicles with import taxes, despite political pressure to align with the EU in exchange for deeper future economic ties.

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