v.a. automotive industry association they say manufacturers have already exhausted all available fuel saving technology now jobs and the industry are in danger. responding to the news german chancellor angela merkel adopted a conciliatory tone. kind of n.e.p. it's good that there's an agreement because if there hadn't been one the european auto industry wouldn't have had any certainty i had of the european election and that wouldn't have sent a good signal so it's a justifiable result. doesn't cut it in the negotiations some countries like ireland for example suggested reducing c o two emissions by half and easy demand if a country has no domestic auto industry but even countries like france and italy with important automobile sectors lobbied for significant reductions there automakers concentrate more on smaller vehicles which emit lower levels of carbon dioxide the stricter the targets the greater the pressure on manufacturers to sell more cars with zero emissions such as purely electric vehicles. at the i.m.f. and world banks annual meeting policymakers underscored that a trade war betwee