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Italy backs tariffs on Chinese electric cars

MILAN — Italy backs tariffs proposed by the European Commission on Chinese exports of electric vehicles (EVs), Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday before a meeting in Rome with China's commerce minister.

'We support the duties that the EU Commission proposes, to protect the competitiveness of our companies,' Tajani told daily Corriere della Sera in an interview. EU is the European Union.