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Keith Nuthall

Correspondent, WardsAuto

Keith writes about regulatory and other issues facing the European auto industry.

Keith’s Recent activity

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Trump Tariffs on Mexico Could Hurt Canadian Parts Makers
Jun 06, 2019
Flavio Volpe, president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers Assn., says most of the 65 Canada-owned parts makers operating in Mexico do business with Mexico-based assemblers, who could lose a significant share...
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U.S. Raises Duties on Chinese Auto-Parts Imports
May 10, 2019
A key goal of the talks would be addressing American concerns about intellectual property protections for U.S. technology exports to China, but the U.S. government says “China has chosen to retreat from specific...
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Auto Safety Issues Improved in EU in 2018
Apr 23, 2019
The Safety Gate report says 19%, or 419 of 2,257 alerts on dangerous products exchanged last year by national authorities were about motor vehicles, with 266 involving passenger cars.
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Ontario Hatches Auto Rescue Plan
Apr 04, 2019
Having been elected on a program of generating jobs and facing the closure this summer of General Motors’ Oshawa assembly plant east of Toronto – with the loss of 3,000 jobs – the government of Premier Doug Ford...
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EU Expands Tire Labeling Requirements
Apr 03, 2019
Under a new regulation backed March 4 by the EU Council of Ministers, stickers would have to be fixed to more types of tires and would include more information – with the goal of persuading consumers to not just use...
Japan taking wait-and-see attitude toward possible U.S. tariffs on auto imports.
U.S. Tariff Talk Worries Global Automakers
Feb 25, 2019
Sigrid de Vries, secretary general of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers, says Section 232 tariffs could seriously harm “the automotive industry, workers and consumers in Europe and the U.S.”
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EU Law Would Provide Emissions-Test Flexibility
Feb 22, 2019
The proposed legislation granting EU automakers more flexibility when assessing the impact of real-life emissions tests on their vehicles comes after the European Court of Justice threw out a regulation giving...
Meeting emissions targets amid low EV demand will be tough, industry says.
Transition to EVs Costly, European Automakers Argue
Jan 28, 2019
The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Assn. says that because EVs have fewer components than internal-combustion-engine-driven models, making them requires 60% fewer staff in powertrain and parts manufacturing, as...
Canadian auto industry officials welcome trade stability but worry about costs.
USMCA No Panacea for Canadian Automakers
Jan 19, 2019
To succeed in a new USMCA-united marketplace, Canadian automakers need to lower operating costs inflated by the wages of highly skilled labor, sophisticated automation and punishing energy costs.
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