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Scaremongering over Chinese tech imports puts action on climate at risk, communists warn
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SCAREMONGERING over Chinese technology imports risks scuppering Britain’s chances of tackling climate change, communists warned today.

Communist Party leader Robert Griffiths said reports that MPs wanted to scrap electric vehicle targets because of China’s domination of green tech supply chains showed the “absurd depths” to which anti-China hysteria had now sunk in British politics.

The Sunday Telegraph reported at the weekend that cross-party MPs were warning against rules that would instruct car dealers to sell a quota of electric vehicles from next year, building towards a ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030.

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