EVwire brief: Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Katherina Reiche, and Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Mélanie Joly, have signed a joint declaration of intent to expand cooperation between Germany and Canada across the automotive and mobility sectors. The collaboration focuses on EV supply chains, battery production, hydrogen mobility, and critical minerals development.
As part of the declaration, Canada and Germany will enhance the partnership between the two countries, to focus on strengthening the automotive supply chain, and advance cooperation on critical material supply chains, the clean energy transition and energy security.
Specifically, Canada is hoping to diversify their economy by attracting new investments that will create opportunities for Canadian companies and employment for Canadians, building economic resilience.
This is in-line with the recently announced “Canada’s New Automotive Strategy” from Mark Carney.
For more context, read our EVwire article on Canada’s new automotive strategy.
“Canada is a proud auto nation, backed by world class workers, leading-edge innovation and vehicles that rank among the best produced anywhere. With this joint declaration, Canada and Germany are strengthening collaboration on EV and hydrogen mobility, advancing battery and critical minerals partnerships, and drawing high-value investment into communities across the country. This agreement will help grow and modernize Canada’s auto sector, create good jobs nationwide and reinforce our role as a global leader in next-generation vehicle manufacturing.”
Canada’s automotive sector has historically been closely integrated with the United States, where American automakers established manufacturing plants across the country.
For decades, automotive components frequently crossed the U.S.–Canada border multiple times during the manufacturing process due to tightly integrated supply chains.
However, policy shifts under the U.S. President has created tensions within the long-standing partnership. In response, Canada has increasingly sought to diversify its global automotive relationships.
This year, Canada also entered into a partnership with China that includes tariff relief for importing Chinese electric vehicles and aims to attract Chinese automakers to establish joint ventures in Canada.
You can read our EVwire article on Canada letting the Chinese EVs in here:
SOURCE: Canada.ca
