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The World: Detroit US car-makers attack fuel standards increases.(Brief article)

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US car-makers have launched a campaign warning motorists that proposed increases in fuel standards would drive up the price of vehicles.

The ads, running in ten states, claim that a Senate bill requiring car-makers to raise ...

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