{"id":1769,"date":"2020-03-26T13:54:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T19:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2020-03-30T13:59:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:59:36","slug":"mexicos-automakers-want-to-delay-usmca-rules-cite-coronavirus-lack-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/mexicos-automakers-want-to-delay-usmca-rules-cite-coronavirus-lack-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico&#8217;s automakers want to delay USMCA rules, cite coronavirus, lack of time."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-700x455.jpg 700w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-520x338.jpg 520w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-360x234.jpg 360w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-250x163.jpg 250w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AUTOMOTIVE-ING-1-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trade-usmca-mexico\/mexicos-automakers-want-to-delay-usmca-rules-cite-coronavirus-lack-of-time-idUSKBN21E03N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"REUTERS (opens in a new tab)\">REUTERS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Groups representing Mexico\u2019s automakers and car parts suppliers are lobbying for regional content rules in the new North American trade agreement to be implemented in 2021 instead of on June 1 this year as scheduled, according to an industry letter seen by Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter, signed by Mexican auto industry association AMIA, the association of heavy vehicle makers ANPACT and auto parts industry association INA, said there is still a lack of clarity about the content rules so automakers have been unable to adjust their production chains accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Automakers in Mexico face \u201ca potential scenario of non-compliance\u201d because they are unable to review how their processes need to be modified, the letter said. It was addressed to Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and Economy Minister Graciela Marquez on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe request your valuable support and urgent intervention &#8230; so that the rules of origins for cars in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, enter into force on January 1, 2021,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, groups representing automakers and suppliers in the United States said they supported delaying the planned June 1 entry into force date for USMCA, warning the fast-approaching date puts undue pressure on them to comply with the new rules of origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just \u201c67 days before June 1, the industry still doesn\u2019t know the official text for the Uniform Regulations which establish (&#8230;) the methodology used to calculate regional content values, to comply with the new USMCA rules,\u201d Mexican industry association Concamin said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new trade deal, which replaces the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, will require 75% North American content compared to 62.5% under NAFTA, and 40%-45% content from \u201chigh wage\u201d areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REUTERS Groups representing Mexico\u2019s automakers and car parts suppliers are lobbying for regional content rules in the new North American trade agreement to be implemented in 2021 instead of on June 1 this year as scheduled, according to an industry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1769\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}