EUROPEAN CARMAKERS RACE TO IMPROVE EU-KOREA TRADE DEAL BEFORE IMMINENT FINAL VOTE

BY KEITH NUTHALL, MJ DESCHAMPS EUROPEAN car makers will push for additional changes to the controversial European Union (EU)-South Korea free trade agreement when it is placed before the European Parliament for ratification. The spokesperson for the European automobile manufacturers association ACEA Sigrid de Vries told wardsauto it wanted the deal's text revised to help Europe's auto sector. This follows the conditional approval of the agreement last Thursday (16 Sept) by the other half of the EU's legislature - its Council of Ministers, representing EU member ...


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