Manufacturing

Trade talks could usher in a new era for automakers worldwide

Schneider: Cost cutting is key.
September 23, 2013 05:00 AM
A more global auto market

A more global auto market

CLICK HERE >> Even in a global marketplace, auto companies are slaves to geography. Tariffs and varying rules from country to country can determine which cars automakers build and where they build them. But if ongoing talks involving the United States, European Union and Japan lead to NAFTA-style free-trade zones, that could yield drastically different answers to the questions auto executives think about every day.

FRANKFURT -- An auto industry without borders.

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