Automaker trade opposes effort to freeze U.S. fuel efficiency standards
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group representing many major automakers on Friday said it was intervening in a lawsuit that says the Trump administration did not go far enough in weakening -- but not freezing -- Obama administration standards to revise fuel economy standards.In March, the Trump administration said it would require 1.5% annual increases in efficiency through 2026 -- far weaker than the 5% increases in the discarded Obama era rules -- but abandoned its August 2018 proposal to freeze..