EU OPPOSES BRAZILIAN AND ARGENTINE AUTO PARTS PROTECTIONISM
March 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) executive is taking diplomatic action to oppose trade red tape restrictions on EU auto parts manufacturers exporting to Brazil and Argentina. The European Commission has raised concerns bilaterally with Brasilia and Buenos Aires and also at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), where formal disputes proceedings could be launched.
A key problem, said Eleri Wessman, the legal affairs and trade manager for CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers, was a 2012 rule in Argentina (Resolution No. 3252/2012) that ...
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