Daimler has no need for state aid, CEO tells paper

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March 23, 2020 06:31 PM

FRANKFURT -- Daimler currently has sufficient funding and sees no need to apply for state aid, despite halting production at its major plants in Europe to contain the coronavirus, CEO Ola Kallenius told a German newspaper.

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