Invest in EU Hub Webinar #02:
EU AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIAL ACTION PLAN:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR JAPANESE BUSINESS AND INVESTORS

Our second Invest in EU Hub webinar will take place on Thursday, 26th June 2025 (4:00-5:30PM in Tokyo, 9:00-10:30AM in Brussels) and will dive into the key provisions of the newly unveiled EU Industrial Action Plan for the European automotive sector, highlighting its impact on industries and businesses, and focusing on opportunities for Japanese investment in the European Union. It will be a bilingual event with simultaneous interpretation (English <> Japanese).

The keynote speech will be given by Mark Nicklas, Head of the Automotive & Mobility Industries, Directorate-General for Industry, Internal Market, SMEs and Entrepreneurship (DG GROW), European Commission. Shinichiro Oka (VP and Director-General, General Policy Affairs Division, Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., JAMA) and Yoshio Nakano (Director of International Department, Japan Auto Parts Industries Association, JAPIA) will give the perspective of the Japanese auto and auto parts industries.

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Past Event - Invest in EU Hub Webinar #01:
NET ZERO INDUSTRY ACT AND CLEAN INDUSTRY DEAL:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR JAPANESE BUSINESSES AND INVESTORS

This webinar took place on 13 March 2025 and looked at the key provisions of the Net-Zero Industrial Act (NZIA) and Clean Industrial Deal (CID), highlighted their impact on industries and the business and investment opportunities they can generate for Japanese companies.

Available webinar material:  bilingual recording, presentation slides: EN / JA, detailed event report: EN / JA.

During the webinar, Jacek Truszczynski (Deputy Head of Unit, Net Zero Industries, Sustainable and Circular Products at DG GROW) introduced the NZIA and outlined its key provisions on permitting, investment support, access to markets, skills and innovation.  Whereas NZIA is legislation, CID is a strategy with 6 pillars: lowering energy costs, creating lead markets, supporting key sectors through new sources of finance, increasing recyclability and recovery of materials, engaging with international partners, and skills. He ended his presentation looking at the financial context (the EC having leveraged €100bn of investments to support the industrial transition). The second part of the session took the form of a Q&A exchange. 

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