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BRUSSELS LOOKING AT ROAD PRICING LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, CONFERENCE HEARS
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
THE EUROPEAN Commission is drafting legislative European Union (EU) proposals looking at using road pricing to encourage more efficient driving, optimising the use of Europe’s transport infrastructure. Keir Fitch, advisor to EU transport Commissioner Siim Kallas told a conference in Brussels last week that the Commission wanted more harmony between national policies on this subject: "We will produce legislation which seeks more commonality on how to do it".…
EU-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT EXPECTED TO REMOVE SINGAPORE TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR EU CARS
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; AND HEATHER TAN, IN SINGAPORE
THE WEALTHY southeast Asian market of Singapore should welcome imports of European manufactured cars based on European Union (EU) technical and safety standards and approvals under a new trade deal finalised this week.…
STANDARDIZATION REMAINS THE MAIN BARRIER IN THE MARKET UPTAKE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN EUROPE
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; ANDREW KURETH, IN WARSAW; LEE ADENDORFF, IN ITALY; DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS; AND ALAN OSBORN
STANDARDIZATION remains the main hurdle European Union (EU) countries will have to pass to see an increased uptake of electric vehicles, auto industry specialists at a recent conference in Brussels organized by the Public Policy Exchange has determined.…
MEASURES PROPOSED BY BRUSSELS NECESSARY, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT, ACEA BOSS SAYS
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.…
ETHIOPIA HAS ITS SIGHTS SET ON FULL CAR MANUFACTURING BY 2015
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
IN the latest sign that Ethiopia has a robustly expanding auto manufacturing sector, China’s Lifan has said that it is to double its assembly capacity in the country. The manufacturer revealed to wardsauto that it is to open a new plant with a capacity of 1,500 to 2,000 cars per year in Ethiopia in the middle of next year.…
THAILAND PAINT SECTOR ROBUST AS COUNTRY RECOVERS FROM 2011 FLOODS
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN BANGKOK
THAILAND’S first-car purchase subsidy scheme, in which tax rebates are paid to first-car owners, has provided a major boost to Thailand’s paint and coatings sector as the country’s economy continues to recover from the devastating floods of 2011.…
OILS AND FATS INTERNATIONAL
BY BLAKE BERRY, IN WARSAW; JOHN PAGNI, IN HELSINKI; DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS; LEE ADENDOORF, IN LUCCA, ITALY; CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS; MJ DESCHAMPS; AND ALAN OSBORN
IF you are a biofuel manufacturer, you could be forgiven for being frustrated with the complexity of the market in Europe.…
OVERMATTER
BY KEITH NUTHALL, LEAH GERMAIN AND MARK GAO, IN BEIJING
Prof Cooke said: "We see the Americans trying to protect their home employment and look to build that up.
The Chinese economy is slowing down at present and I really think they will make a hard case of this."…
US FACES TOUGH BATTLE WITH CHINA OVER TARIFF CASE AT WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL, LEAH GERMAIN AND MARK GAO, IN BEIJING
A NEW trade dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva between the USA and China over protective duties could actually be a battle in a long war for supremacy in world automobile markets, an auto industry expert has told wardsauto.com.…
EU AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY DESTINED TO FAIL SAME AS US CARMAKERS IF EU DOESN'T INTERVENE, FIAT CEO SAYS
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) auto sector risks experiencing the meltdown that hit the American industry in 2008-9 if EU political institutions keep imposing detailed new regulations and free trade deals, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne told a Brussels conference yesterday.…