Interview: UK auto leader urges avoiding "trade war" over China EV tariffs

LONDON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A British auto industry leader has urged the avoidance of any increase in trade barriers across global markets amid rows on the European Union (EU) and United States tariff hikes on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

"Nobody wants a trade war. We don't want to see any sort of tit-for-tat actions," Mike Hawes, chief executive of the United Kingdom (UK) Society of Motor Manufacturers and T