Following a career in the Bundestag and ministerial positions in both Research and Technology and Transport, Matthias Wissmann left politics in 2007 to become President of the Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA), the German Association of the Automotive Industry.
In this exclusive interview with Automotive World, Wissmann discusses the European markets for commercial vehicles and passenger cars, the potential influence of geopolitics, and his views on harmonisation and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
