MEASURES PROPOSED BY BRUSSELS NECESSARY, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT, ACEA BOSS SAYS
November 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
THE EUROPEAN automotive industry has welcomed a ground-breaking initiative announced today by the European Union's (EU) executive that future planned EU free trade agreements would be assessed for their potential damage to Europe's auto sector, before negotiations begin in earnest.
This promise came in a long-awaited EU policy paper called Cars 2020, which has emerged from the EU's Cars 21 consultation process - designed to cement the future of Europe's hard-pressed auto industry. It was released today (Thursday) in Brussels.
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