Australians will get access to cheap high-tech electric cars thanks to China’s drive into auto manufacturing, says top climate adviser Matt Kean, as the opposition accuses the Albanese government of hypocrisy for joining a global crackdown on price wars.

The Albanese government confirmed it would join an international push to reform the World Trade Organisation’s rules to tackle oversupply of products , including electric vehicles and steel.

China has been accused of dumping heavily subsidised cars onto international markets, selling them for negligible profits to outcompete other nations’ manufacturers and capture global market share.

However, the Albanese government’s recently announced 2035 climate target to cut emissions by at least 62 per cent by 2035 signalled a need to dramat

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