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US drops auto-content proposal in NAFTA talks: The Globe and Mail
21-Mar-2018 Reuters
The US government has dropped a demand that all vehicles made in Canada and Mexico for export to the United States contain at least 50 percent US content.
Europeans say significant obstacles remain to Mercosur trade deal
21-Mar-2018 Reuters
An EU diplomat said Mercosur resistance to European proposals on automobile exports and geographic product indicators were also sticking points.
South Korea, US to hold third round of FTA talks this week
14-Mar-2018 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea and the United States will hold the third round of talks on amending the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations in Washington this week, Seoul’s trade ministry said on Wednesday.
NAFTA talks on autos eyed for next week: Mexico negotiator
5-Mar-2018 Reuters
US, Mexican and Canadian trade experts leading efforts to draft new rules for auto content under a revised NAFTA trade deal aim to meet next week,
US NAFTA autos negotiator called from Mexico for consultations: officials
27-Feb-2018 Reuters
The US negotiator for regional content requirements in autos flew back to Washington from a NAFTA round in Mexico on Monday to talk with car companies, officials said, in a development some hoped would lead to progress on the contentious issue.
Trade issues between South Korea and US threaten to scuttle KORUS FTA negotiations
21-Feb-2018 Hankyoreh
The emergence of a number of trade issues involving South Korea and the US – including a plan being mulled over by the US to slap tariffs on South Korean steel and GM Korea’s threat to close a factory in South Korea – is creating uncertainty about the future of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), just before the third round of negotiations aimed at revising the agreement.
Next Nafta talks scheduled to start with auto content rules
19-Feb-2018 Bloomberg
Seventh round set to run Feb. 25 to March 5 in Mexico City. Rules of origin to be one of most discussed issues in talks.
Auto industry skeptical of Canadian TPP side deal on vehicles with Japan
12-Feb-2018 Global News
Auto workers and manufacturers are rejecting assertions by Canada’s trade minister that the country won major access for them into the highly protected Japanese market in the recently rebooted Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Mexico to make regional content proposal for autos in NAFTA talks
8-Feb-2018 Reuters
Mexico will make a proposal for regional content requirements for autos at the next round of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a senior Mexican official said.
Second round of Korea- US FTA talks
7-Feb-2018 KBS World Radio
After the grueling negotiations, South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong said that the two sides engaged in intense discussions and there is still a long way to go. Here is Professor Chung In-gyo from the International Trade Department at Inha University to examine the latest FTA talks between South Korea and the US.
Canadian NAFTA auto rules of origin idea ‘opposite’ of US goals: Lighthizer
30-Jan-2018 iPolitics
While “significant” challenges remain, all three ministers said some progress has been made this round.
NAFTA talks focus on dispute settlement, autos
25-Jan-2018 Toronto Star
Canada has proposed that Canada and Mexico would agree to a dispute settlement process between their two countries alone — to be outlined in an annex to the NAFTA.
Canada is the great unknown as TPP 11 talks near goal
18-Jan-2018 Nikkei
Cultural and auto issues remain obstacles to reviving Pacific trade pact.
Bumpy road ahead for S. Korea-US FTA renegotiation: senior official
15-Jan-2018 Yonhap
A bumpy road lies ahead for the renegotiation of the free trade deal between South Korea and the United States, a Korean senior trade official said.
Auto becomes top priority in KORUS FTA talks
9-Jan-2018 Yonhap News Agency
There are no tariffs levied on South Korean auto parts shipped to the US which gives local carmakers to use any component while assembling. Local automakers have expressed concerns that any changes to the rules of origin could compel them to import and use parts they don’t really need and hurt local parts manufacturers.
NAFTA: In new phase of talks, search starts for solutions to break impasse
18-Dec-2017 Nanaimo
Negotiators gathered at an informal session in Washington are considering ways to work around a main impasse of the talks so far, a US demand on auto parts deemed unfeasible by Canada, Mexico and the industry.
T.N. seeks to stay Nissan arbitration
5-Dec-2017 The Hindu
The Tamil Nadu government moved the Madras High Court for an interim stay on carmaker Nissan Motor from proceeding with international arbitration over the alleged non-payment of incentives being claimed by it from the State.
Nissan sues India over outstanding dues; seeks over $770 million
1-Dec-2017 Reuters
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has begun international arbitration against India to seek more than $770 million in a dispute over unpaid state incentives.
NAFTA nations lock horns on US auto demands as fifth round ends
21-Nov-2017 Reuters
Negotiators from the United States, Mexico and Canada square off for the last time in a fifth round of talks to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement, with stalemate brewing on a contentious proposal to ramp up regional content for autos.
US auto parts to be key issue at bilateral FTA talks
19-Nov-2017 Yonhap
US auto parts are expected to be a key issue in the upcoming renegotiation for the bilateral free trade pact between Seoul and Washington.