Christina Amann

2 weeks ago | jp.reuters.com | Christina Amann |Nick Carey |Kalea Hall

６月９日、世界の自動車業界は、中国のレアアース（希土類）輸出規制が過去５年で３度目の大規模なサプライチェーン（供給網）ショックに発展するリスクがあると警戒を強めている。写真はメルセデス・ベンツの生産ライン。ドイツ南西部ラシュタットの工場で４日撮影（２０２５年 ロイター/Christoph Steitz） [ベルリン／ロンドン／デトロイト ９日 ロイター] - 世界の自動車業界は、中国のレアアース（希土類）輸出規制が過去５年で３度目の大規模なサプライチェーン（供給網）ショックに発展するリスクがあると警戒を強めている。 ドイツの磁石メーカー、マグノスフィアのフランク・エッカード最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）のもとには、ここ数週間ひっきりなしに電話がかかってくる。 電話の相手は中国の輸出規制で品薄状態にあるレアアース磁石の代替供給源を必死に探す自動車メーカーや部品メーカーだ。一部のメーカーは代替磁石を確保できなければ、７月中旬までに工場が操業停止に追い込まれるリスクがあると話しているという。...

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Christina Amann |Nick Carey |Kalea Hall

Frank Eckard, chief executive of a German magnet maker, has been fielding a flood of calls in recent weeks. Exasperated car makers and parts suppliers have been desperate to find alternative sources of magnets, which are in short supply due to Chinese export curbs. Some told Eckard their factories could be idled by mid-July without backup magnet supplies. "The whole car industry is in full panic," said Eckard, chief executive of Magnosphere, based in Troisdorf, Germany.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Christina Amann |Nick Carey |Kalea Hall

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1 month ago | claimsjournal.com | Christina Amann |Victoria Waldersee |Ilona Wissenbach

Germany’s leading automakers are in talks with Washington over a possible import tariff deal, seeking to use their U.S. investments and exports as leverage to soften any blow, three people familiar with the matter said. BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen hope that the talks with the U.S. Department of Commerce could result in a deal in June, one of the people said, but this would be contingent on companies pledging substantial investments that would sway the U.S. administration.

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Christina Amann |Victoria Waldersee

Berlin — German carmakers BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen are in talks with the US Department of Commerce on a tariff deal that would involve a mechanism to offset imports and exports, the Handelsblatt business daily reported on Wednesday. In return for tariff relief, the companies could invest billions in the US, the report said, citing company sources. It did not give a more exact sum. The aim is to clinch a deal by early July, according to Handelsblatt. BMW declined to comment.