By Joe Cash BEIJING, Oct 9 (Reuters) - China and the European Union have reached a deal that could cut Chinese exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars to the bloc by more than half, European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Friday in Beijing following talks aimed at reducing the EU's huge trade deficit.

An overlooked email may be at the center of the troubling diversion of sensitive F-35 fighter jet parts being diverted to Hong Kong and winding up in the hands of Chinese operatives.