Automotive Consultative Group（ＡＣＧ）

In October 2001, it was agreed that the "Automotive Consultative Group (ACG)" would be established as a framework whichwas independentfrom other forums. It was to take the importance of the automobile industry into onsideration with careful attention paid to fundamentals such as securing interactivityin the "Japan-U.S. Economic Partnership for Growth".
In particular, this was for the Japanese and U.S. governments to discuss issues of mutual concern and interest extensively, including global issues and trade-related issues, as well as to acknowledge sudden worldwide changes such as globalization or IT developmentin the environment surrounding the automobile and automotive parts industry.

The first meeting of the ACG (January 15-16, 2003) ＜San Francisco＞

○Participants

（Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport）	Director of Maintenance Service Division, Engineering and Safety Department, Road Transport Bureau, Director of International
（Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry）	Director of Automobile Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau: America Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, etc.
（Ministry of Foreign Affairs ）	Second North America Division, North American Affairs Bureau, etc.

○Agenda

• Overview of the Japan-U.S. automotive market
• Discussion on the automotive aftermarket
• IT develo pment in the automotive part procurementsector
• Discussion onregulatory operation
• Discussion onthe issue of standard certification
• Provision ofinformation on the fuel efficiency requirements of Japanin 2010
• Research anddevelopment of fuel cells
• Regulation of U.S. origin,regulation of fuel efficiency
• Doha Protocol on the development of the WTO
• Compliance with the terms concerning China's accession into the WTO
• Other