EU countries are wavering over whether to back additional tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles, highlighting Brussels' challenge in building support for its largest trade case yet as Beijing threatens wide-ranging retaliation. Germany, whose carmakers made a third of their sales last year in China, wants to stop the tariffs, according to a government source, while France has been among the firmest backers. The issue will be put to members in an advisory vote in the coming weeks, the first official test of support in a landmark case for the Commission.
Britain will head to the polls tomorrow for the general election, the first national vote since Boris Johnson triumphed for the Conservatives in 2019.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve his remaining corruption sentence under house arrest.