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EU states plan Friday vote on Chinese EV tariffs
EU states plan Friday vote on Chinese EV tariffs
Economy
by  AFP

EU member states are expected to vote on whether to slap hefty tariffs on imported electric cars from China on Friday, European diplomats said on Monday. The European Commission, in charge of EU trade policy, plans to levy additional duties of up to 36 percent on electric vehicles imported from China but the issue has divided the bloc.

E.Guinea, Gabon clash at ICJ over oil-rich islands
E.Guinea, Gabon clash at ICJ over oil-rich islands
Economy
by  AFP

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off on Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters. Gabon argues that a later treaty signed in 1974 -- the Bata Convention -- gives it sovereignty over the islands.