The Directorate General for External Policies of the European Parliament published a study on "Current and emerging trends in disruptive technologies: implications for the present and future of EU's trade policy". Digital technologies, taken as a broad generic category of technological inventions and applications, fall under...
CLEPA welcomes Firestone Industrial Products as a new corporate member. The company has its European HQ in Arnhem (Netherlands) and is the inventor of the world’s 1st pneumatic suspension device back in 1938. Today, the automotive portfolio comprises air springs, air helper springs and air control...
Launched at the CONCORDi Conference, the report: "World Corporate Top R&D Investors: Industrial Property Strategies in the Digital Economy" is the result of a long-term collaboration between the Joint Research Council (JRC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In a joint effort to...
The 2017 World Trade Report examines how technology and trade affect employment and wages. It analyses the challenges for workers and firms in adjusting to changes in labour markets, and how governments can facilitate such adjustment to ensure that trade and technology are inclusive. The Report...
On 21 September 2017 CETA entered into force provisionally. As such most of the agreement now applies. National parliaments in EU countries – and in some cases regional ones too – will then need to approve CETA before it can take full effect. CETA is a new...
The Council decided on 14 September 2017 to publish the directives given to the Commission to negotiate a trade agreement with Japan. In 2012, the Council gave a mandate to the Commission to start trade negotiations with Japan. At the EU-Japan summit of 6 July 2017,...
CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers calls for the protection of the interests of all stakeholders in the automotive supply chain when selling to the independent aftermarket in Japan. A level playing field would preserve the freedom of choice for the end-consumer, in the...
We, the undersigned associations representing European key industrial research and innovation stakeholders, call on the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to develop an ambitious next EU Research & Innovation Framework Programme (FP9) as a strong support for EU industrial...
Brussels, 31 May 2017 The European Commission publishes its communication “Europe on the move – An agenda for a socially fair transition towards clean, competitive and connected mobility for all”. CLEPA, the European association of the automotive supply industry, supports the ambition of the European Commission to...
Press release Brexit should not undermine automotive competitiveness, manufacturers and suppliers warn Brussels, 27 April 2017 – Ahead of the EU-Brexit summit this weekend, European automobile manufacturers and suppliers today sounded the alarm over the potential damage that Brexit could do to the competitiveness of their industry,...