Renault pulls out of China joint venture as auto outlook darkens

SAIC forecasts sales to dip while BYD warns of sharp profit fall

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SAIC Motor is expecting its auto sales this year to be around 6 million units -- about 4% less than last year.  © Reuters

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review chief business news correspondent

TOKYO -- Renault has ended its joint venture with its Chinese carmaking partner, a day after China's leading state-owned automaker gave an unusually bearish outlook in a sign that the country is struggling to shrug off the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

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