Much remains to be done before a new North American Free Trade Agreement is reached, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Thursday, tempering hopes for a quick deal as ministers met in Washington for a third successive day.
Volkswagen's <VOWG_p.DE> first-quarter operating profit fell on Thursday, but optimism over its new chief executive, the carmaker's financial health and lower provisions for the diesel emissions scandal lifted its shares.
Workers at Peugeot-maker <PEUP.PA> PSA's Vauxhall car plant in Britain have agreed a pay deal with the French automaker, the Unite Union said on Thursday, as a dispute with the firm's Opel workers in Germany continues.
General Motors <GM.N> and South Korea have agreed to inject $4.35 billions into the carmaker's loss-making local arm to keep it afloat after it came close to seeking bankruptcy protection.
General Motors <GM.N> has agreed to provide $3.6 billion in fresh funding to its troubled South Korean unit, higher than its previously proposed $2.3 billion as part of a preliminary deal, South Korea said on Thursday.
State-run Korea Development Bank plans to inject $750 million into General Motors Co's <GM.N> South Korean unit, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
Hyundai Motor Co's <005380.KS> quarterly profit halved to an almost six-year low, as bleak U.S. and China sales contrasted with those at home where the automaker is picking up customers of General Motors Co's <GM.N> troubled South Korean arm.
China is considering cutting the import duty on passenger cars by about half as part of the country's plan to further open up the automobile market, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Japanese automakers that rely heavily on exports to sell their models in the United States would be hardest hit by trade restrictions the country is threatening to impose, as rivals with more limited exposure focus on growing, niche markets.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday that good progress has been made at the NAFTA trade talks on the key issue of auto rules, though the threat of proposed U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs coming into force next week clouded the mood.
General Motors Co <GM.N> and the South Korean government are considering raising the size of their investment in the U.S. automaker's South Korean subsidiary from a previously proposed $2.8 billion, a senior government official with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.
German luxury carmaker BMW <BMWG.DE> expects the pace of growth of its China sales to almost halve this year, the firm's chief executive said on Wednesday, amid a broader slowdown in the world's largest auto market.
German luxury carmaker Audi AG <NSUG.DE> aims to double China production with local partner China FAW Group Corp Ltd [SASACJ.UL] within five years, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as global automakers look to localize in the world's largest vehicle market.
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd (GAC) <601238.SS> on Wednesday said a brewing trade war between China and the United States could hurt the Chinese automaker's plans to break into the U.S. market if tariff barriers were raised.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a new North American Free Trade Agreement could be agreed on quickly, as Canada hailed progress on forging new rules for the auto industry, the pivotal issue in talks to revamp the 24-year-old accord.
Foreign corporations cannot be sued in American courts for human rights abuses committed overseas, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, refusing to revive a lawsuit claiming Jordan-based Arab Bank Plc helped finance militant attacks in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Harley-Davidson Inc <HOG.N> stood by its full-year shipments forecast and said it expects dealers to sell more motorcycles in overseas markets, offering a glimmer of hope to a business struggling with an aging customer base in the United States.
China's Didi Chuxing, already disrupting the global ride-hailing market and taking on U.S. rival Uber, has its sights set on an even bigger potential prize: designing and getting built its own dedicated fleet of Didi cars.
General Motors' South Korean unit has averted a bankruptcy filing, but analysts and customers, as well as the South Korean government, are debating how long the loss-making company will remain in business.
Volkswagen AG's <VOWG_p.DE> chief executive Herbert Diess said on Tuesday that a Chinese tariff hike on U.S vehicle imports would be tough for the firm, amid a brewing trade war and threats of punitive tariffs exchanged between Washington and Beijing.