The European Commission and China agreed to intensify efforts to avert EU import tariffs on China-built EVs and could re-examine a minimum-price deal previously rejected by the EU, the Commission said on Thursday.

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The vote would pave the way for the duties to kick in starting in November unless a qualified majority — 15 member states representing 65 percent of the EU's population — opposes the move.