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A US Content Requirement in NAFTA Could Hurt Manufacturing

Caroline Freund (PIIE)

The Trump administration is reportedly considering a demand that vehicles imported from Canada or Mexico have 35 to 50 percent US content to qualify for duty-free access under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Such a requirement would make vehicles produced in North America less competitive in global markets, hampering US manufacturing in particular while driving production in this sector outside the region.

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