CLEPA participates at the DRIVES Project-Development and Research on Innovative Vocational Educational Skills – one of the most important European project and Sector Skills Alliance (SSA) into the Automotive filed, covering all levels of the value chain (vehicle production, automotive suppliers and automotive sales and...
In response to President Trump’s Executive Order re-imposing certain Iran-related sanctions, the EU expanded the scope of its Blocking Statute, to cover these sanctions. On 7th August, the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1100, amending the annex to the EU Blocking Statute was published in the EU...
On September 19th 2018, working package leaders of the DRIVES project met in Stuttgart. The meeting was hosted by “Region Stuttgart”, an association of local authorities within the Stuttgart Region that works with other institutions to ensure the area’s international competitiveness, and to coordinate collaboration...
The informal summit in Salzburg will see a special meeting of EU-27 leaders, without UK Prime Minister Theresa May, to discuss Brexit. No formal conclusions are prepared, however it is expected, that this meeting will set the stage for further Council meetings focussed on Brexit...
CLEPA participates in the 25th edition of Automechanika, presenting how connectivity and digitalisation are changing the automotive aftermarket, as reported in the “Aftermarket 2025” study. The automotive industry is being transformed by megatrends such as electrification, automated driving and connectivity. This is impacting the aftermarket business...
On 27th August, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a common accord between the US and Mexico on key trade terms – a replacement of the existing 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which Mr. Trump has pointed towards for a decline in US manufacturing jobs. Negotiators...
European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed yesterday to work towards strengthening the bilateral trade relationship, including the elimination of tariffs as well as reducing non-tariff barriers to trade and subsidies. Roberto Vavassori, President of CLEPA, the European automotive supplier’s association...
On 19th July, the US Department of Commerce is holding its hearing to determine whether imported automobiles and automotive parts actually pose a national security threat and should therefore be subject to tariffs of up to 25 percent. The automotive supplier industry, in the US led...
At the EU-Japan summit in Tokyo, European Presidents Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, signed this week the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The trade agreement is the biggest ever negotiated by the EU and will create an open trade...
During the next 4-years, DRIVES Project be publishing regular updates on this thrilling project, involving 24 partners from 11 countries, whose aim is to analyse the European automotive sector’s workforce challenges and to provide concrete formative solutions. We are honoured to kick-off these publications with inspiring...