EU raises ante on emissions cuts with eye on China rivalry

Bloc to slash greenhouse gases by 90% as inexpensive Chinese products flood market

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The European Union is expected to use its ambitious climate goals as leverage to urge China to advance its climate change response. © Reuters

KAZUNARI HANAWA, Nikkei climate change editor; TAKASHI TSUJI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO/BRUSSELS/HOUSTON -- The ambitious climate plan recently unveiled by the European Union appears to double as a call to bolster the region's renewable energy industry against competition from low-cost China.

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