Europe’s car industry urges President Biden to keep its sales numbers safe
From the BBC World Service: European car manufacturers are asking President Biden to make sure subsidies for U.S. made electric vehicles don’t end up harming their sales. UK ambulance workers go on strike over pay, with people being warned their emergency calls may not be answered. Plus the Australian foreign minister, Penny Wong, is in China for talks after several years of diplomatic tension.
A VW ID Buzz, the new fully electric-driven microbus of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, is checked before delivery at the Volkswagen plant in Hanover, northern Germany on June 16, 2022. - The company plans to build 130,000 units of the car per year in Hanover. (Photo by Axel Heimken / AFP) (Photo by AXEL HEIMKEN/AFP via Getty Images)