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BREXIT COULD MAKE EU IMPOSE IMPORT DUTIES ON BRITISH AUTOMOBILE AND PARTS EXPORTS



Automobile manufacturers based in Britain face a risk that their exports to the European Union (EU) will attract duties now the UK government has confirmed it will push ahead with leaving the EU following the June 23 Brexit referendum result. These could be imposed after the two years of mandated talks on a future relationship with the EU following a UK decision to trigger Article 50 under the Treaty on European Union.…

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AUTOMAKERS SAY EU LOW EMISSION PLAN TOO FOCUSED ON TECHNOLOGY



Europe’s automakers have lashed out at new European Union (EU) proposals designed to decarbonize the economy and encourage a shift to low- or no-emission options as being too focused on technology. They have also claimed it is and discriminatory because it only deals with road transport. …

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EU RELEASES NEW LOW EMISSION PLAN – BUT AUTOMAKERS UNHAPPY



THE EUROPEAN Commission has released a new policy paper (communication) on reducing carbon emissions from transport, but automotive manufacturers have complained it focuses too tightly on road vehicles.

This ‘European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility’ attempts to explain how the EU should try to hit its carbon emissions reduction targets through focusing on transport.…

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NON-EXECS FACE TOUGH CALLS ON POLICE DATA RELEASE DEMANDS



Non-executive board members will may be well advised to acquaint themselves with new European Union (EU) legislation that may force their companies to yield up data if law enforcement authorities think it may help prevent crime.

New legislation has been passed by the EU amidst continuing debate over the issue of mandatory ‘backdoors’ access to encrypted data – highlighted by the USA Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) request for information from Apple over the San Bernardino shootings.…

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ASEAN AUTOMOTIVE TRADE DEAL COULD CONCENTRATE AUTO TRADE PRODUCTION IN SOUTH EAST ASIA



Asian paint and coatings manufacturers are set to benefit from the expansion of an existing automotive tariff-free zone spanning Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.…

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MYANMAR’S NEW CAR MARKET HELD BACK FOR NOW, BUT FUTURE GROWTH APPEARS PROMISING



Liberalising Myanmar’s potential market for new cars is significant, but growth is currently hampered by regulatory uncertainty. Although it has a population of 51 million, only 5,000 new passenger cars were sold in the country during the last financial year.

“The future is very good, potentially.…

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EUROPE’S NONWOVENS SECTOR THRIVES AS CONTINENT’S ECONOMY STAGNATES



THE EUROPEAN nonwovens industry has been pushing ahead, maintaining consistent growth above increases in GDP for the whole economy, increasing its international collaboration, and the successfully exploring new markets. And while it is rarely prudent to make anything more than short-term predictions about cost and tariff problems, such difficulties faced by the European nonwovens sector seem have been pushed into the background. …

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ARGENTINE CARMAKERS FACE A ROUGH YEAR, PROMISING FUTURE



Argentina’s automotive industry is poised for a rebound in 2017 after production slumped by 38% over the past four years, say experts encouraged by the performance of the country’s new government.

“We see Argentina’s car market turning the corner now,” said Neil King, the London-based head of automotive research at Euromonitor International, a research firm.…

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EUROPEAN LAWMAKERS COULD CHALLENGE PLANS TO IMPOSE NATIONAL EU TYPE APPROVAL FEES



Plans to establish standardized European Union (EU) type approval fees, paid to national funds not individual test houses, could face a challenge from the European Parliament, the EU’s democratically elected co-legislature, wardsauto has learned. The proposals were made back in January by the EU executive, the European Commission, in a bid to revamp Europe’s type approval system, which were discredited after the ‘dieselgate’ scandal of crooked emissions measurement systems.…

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CASH-STRAPPED RUSSIANS PREFER SAVE FOR LARGER CAR LATER THAN RETURN TO BUYING SMALL CARS NOW



 

Russian automotive consumers suffering in their country’s current economic recession are delaying vehicle purchases and investing in single, more expensive family cars rather than buy several small cars for individual use, experts have told wardsauto.

They are commenting on data that has confounded predictions that the country’s volatile financial situation would mean a return to purchasing cheaper and smaller car models, such as the Ladas driven during the Communist years.…

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