EU to limit Chinese hybrid vehicle imports to 350,000 a year

Brussels uses WTO rules to quickly impose quota, which will halve Chinese market share to 3%

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The EU is to limit the number of hybrid electrical vehicles imported from China to 350,000 cars a year, the European Commission has confirmed.

Imports have been soaring in the last two years with about 800,000 battery and plug-in hybrids likely to be sold this year.