STOCKHOLM: Volvo has announced plans to cut fixed costs by 2 billion Swedish crowns (US$214mil), becoming the latest carmaker to warn that pricing pressure and tariffs arising from the China-US trade war were denting profitability.
Carmakers are under pressure from trade conflicts, hefty investment needed to develop electric and driverless cars and an overall downturn in the car industry.
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