Tariff worries reignited on Friday after President Donald Trump threatened the EU with 50% tariffs by June 1 and said he would impose a levy aimed at Apple.

BYD sold more pure battery electric vehicles than Tesla for the first time last month, a "watershed moment" for the region's car market, JATO Dynamics said.

The European Parliament voted on Thursday to impose prohibitive tariffs on fertilisers and certain farm produce from Russia and its ally Belarus to prevent a potential threat to EU food security and limit Russian funds for its war against Ukraine.