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White House rejects automakers' plea for a deal with California on emissions

WASHINGTON - The White House is moving forward with plans to significantly weaken vehicle pollution standards, rejecting a last-minute appeal to President Donald Trump by some of the world's largest car manufacturers to restart negotiations with California.

White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said Friday that California's top air quality regulator had failed to propose a "productive alternative" to the administration's plan to ease requirements for tailpipe emissions

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