ECG is the European Association of Vehicle Logistics, but has the firm intention of expanding its range of action to all world markets. On the occasion of the General Assembly and the Spring Congress of the Association held on 22 to 23 May In Cascais, Portugal, the president of the ECG, Wolfgang Göbel, highlighted the need to avoid "To remain trapped in European thought. The challenges of the our sector - he recalled - are global, and so must be our answers. The ECG - he announced - is positioning as a driving force for connected collaboration between continents".

An important step in this expansion was the strategic cooperation agreement signed in April by ECG with the China Automotive Logistics Association (CALA) of the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (CFLP) to promote efficiency, quality, and guidelines within the industry.

The event in Cascais highlighted the impact of the challenges geopolitics, the crisis currently affecting industry and the difficulties related to the complex path green transition. In particular, the sector is adapting to new challenges by adopting a global perspective, driven by the decline in of the utilization of production facilities around the world and the shift of production to local markets. Challenges that, for logistics service providers - highlighted Justin Cox, Director of Global Production for GlobalData – have significance to adapt to the loss of production of five million vehicles.

In his speech, Professor Alexander Sandkamp, fellow of the Kiel Institute for World Economy, focused on the impact of US tariffs on production in Europe, specifying that it is not as significant as One might expect: "considering internal trade to the EU, he explained, this absorbs more than 60% of its exports. The United States accounts for only 8%. The EU - has Sandkamp - should therefore further strengthen its internal market by reducing its trade barriers, in particular in terms of services, ensuring high quality of its transport infrastructure and monitoring new such as the CSDDD (Gender Diligence Directive) companies for the purposes of sustainability), which has a potential for trade damping. This helps to reduce dependence on the United States".