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By Bloomberg News

June 26, 2024 at 4:39 AM UTC

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The former government minister considered the father of China’s electric car industry has called for Beijing and Europe to resume talks for an investment deal.

Wan Gang, China’s Minister of Science and Technology between 2007 and 2018, wants to ease trade tensions that saw the European Union threaten to impose tariffs of up to 48% on imported EVs.