AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoEU Sanctions vs India Trade Deal: The EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package could include unnamed entities in India, potentially complicating ratification of the bloc’s “mother of all deals” with New Delhi, with a July 15 target and unanimous approval needed across all 27 member states. Automotive Circularity Rules: The European Parliament is set to give final approval to new EU vehicle circularity rules covering design, production and end-of-life handling, including recycled-material targets and tighter controls on used-vehicle exports. Steel ETS Pressure: ArcelorMittal, Thyssenkrupp Steel and Voestalpine are urging an ETS pause, warning that phasing out free allowances before low-carbon tech is ready could hit competitiveness and slow transformation. Semiconductor Sovereignty Push: Qualinx and GlobalFoundries say they’ve completed a fully European end-to-end chip manufacturing flow for security-critical GNSS chips, with wafer production in Dresden. Defense Industrial Scaling: At the G7, Trump floated licensing US weapons production in Europe and Ukraine to boost interceptor missile supply, while France and Germany signaled the idea is under discussion. Czech EV Momentum: Czech passenger-car output rose 4.7% in Jan–May, with electrified models at 40.4% of production, led by hybrids. Manufacturing Expansion: Gould Industries says it has acquired its first US factory in Mississippi, marking a new North American footprint.
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