VW CEO Diess warns Ukraine war risks economic damage worse than pandemic

VW Diess with mask — Europe faces huge threat of higher inflation from prolonged conflict in Ukraine, Diess said. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)

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March 10, 2022 07:22 AM

Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess warned that a prolonged war in Ukraine risks being "very much worse" for the European regions economy than the coronavirus pandemic.

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