Tag Archives: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Mazda to Buy Out Sumitomo from MMVO, a JV Plant in Mexico

Posted on 30 November 2020 by Ken Zino

Given the ongoing effects of soon-to-be ex-president Trump’s losing trade wars with Canada, Mexico, China and Japan, among other nations, and the uncertainty around provisions of a new trade agreement now called USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), Mazda remains at risk on multiple fronts. The new Agreement went into effect, with no apparent enforcement, started on July 1, 2020. The U.S. Congress has still not ratified it. Continue reading →

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NAFTA Lite – US-Mexico-Canada Agreement Hurts US Workers

Posted on 9 October 2018 by Ken Zino

Roughly 30% of the 2.33 million vehicles imported to the U.S. from Mexico in 2017 don’t meet the current 62.5% content requirement. Continue reading →

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