EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN CAR INDUSTRIES POSITIVE ABOUT A FUTURE EU-US FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

EUROPEAN and American car manufacturers and parts makers have welcomed the launch of negotiations to forge a comprehensive free trade agreement between the US and the European Union (EU). Responding to an announcement on Tuesday – underlined by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address on Tuesday - Ivan Hodac, secretary general of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), believes that “an eventual EU-US trade deal will promote production in both economies. It would also improve cooperation on such pressing issues such as ...


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