Five Things to Watch in European Carmakers and Suppliers in 2019

So this is how we end a tumultuous year: U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policy roiling the market. Slowing economic growth. And manufacturers still need to find lots of cash to develop electric and self-driving vehicles. As we enter 2019, investors can’t yet see when it will get better.

The Stoxx 600 Automobiles & Parts Index is likely to conclude 2018 as one of the two worst-performing sectors on the region’s wider share gauge. The industry measure is in its steepest year-to-date decline since a 45 percent plunge during the global recession a decade ago.