AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE POLICY COUNCIL, INC. for AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE POLICY COUNCIL, INC.

Automotive Industry AUT

Provide recommendations on the position of U.S. automakers on trade and related market access issues to the Administration and agency officials for a proposed modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Advocate for the inclusion of currency disciplines and for mutual recognition of safety and automotive standards within a proposed modernization of North American Free Trade Agreement and future U.S. free trade agreements. Advocate for mutual recognition of safety and automotive standards and balanced automotive rule of origin issues within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership FTA. Monitor the Korea -U.S. FTA implementation and advocate for the elimination of Korea automotive market access issues. Advocate on automotive standards, automotive regulatory issues, and the continued acceptance of U.S. certified vehicles to the Gulf Cooperation Council Standards Organization (GSO) and Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA). Address concerns with fuel economy standards and other automotive issues to the Saudi Arabia Standards Organization (SASO). Advocate for the acceptance of U.S. certified vehicles and automotive regulatory issues in Argentina, Ecuador, Egypt, Peru, Colombia, Morocco, Chile, and Vietnam. Advocate for the development of an initiative by U.S. regulators to advocate globally for acceptance of U.S. certified vehicles. Advocated the position of U.S. automakers on new energy vehicle credits in China. Advocate for greater regulatory cooperation on automotive issues relating to U.S.- Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC). Worked with the Canadian and Mexican auto associations to advocate for greater North American trade facilitation and coordination between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Worked with the U.S. regulators on the development of an electric vehicles workshop at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Automotive Dialogue (APEC AD). Reviewed and analyzed automotive related taxes in the APEC region in an effort to compare and contrast the burden it places on consumers, industry and impact on governments. Continue to monitor developments on the WTO Environmental Goods Agreement and the Information Technology Agreement. Develop an economic contribution report of the contributions of the U.S. automakers to the growth of the U.S. economy.

Foreign entity interest: FCA North America Holdings LLC, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Energy, Dept of