Chairman Kau Peng Yap, Secretary General Kenneth Cheng, Assistant Secretary General Darren Wong, Committee Member Lim Boon Hoe and Chief Administrative Officer Chai Chee Fatt met Minister Counsellor (Commercial) Worawan Wanwil and Officer of Commercial Affairs Sufiana Sarisae at Royal Thai Embassy, Kuala Lumpur on 19 October 2022. 

Facilitation of trade in automotive parts between Malaysia and Thailand was among the topics of discussion. Both sides agreed to collaborate on business matching between the automotive parts industry players of the two countries. Minister Counsellor Wanwil welcomed EMPTA to bring up any trade-related matters to be addressed, including obstacles in the trade process.

EMPTA Chairman Kau Peng Yap, Assistant Secretary General Darren Wong, Treasurer Eric Oon and Chief Administrative Officer Chai Chee Fatt met Francesco Floris, First Counsellor and Head of Section of Trade and Economic Relations as well as Pekka Penttila, Trade and Economic Attache at the office of Delegation of the European Union to Malaysia on 5 October 2022.

Both sides exchanged information and views on the development of automotive industry in Europe and Malaysia.

Counsellor Floris is committed to link EMPTA with the related European business community. EMPTA expressed support for a European Union-Malaysia free trade agreement that would benefit the end users in Malaysia given the import duty of up to 30% imposed on European automotive parts currently.