[20180223]IF10835_北美自由贸易协定汽车谈判重启旧的贸易辩论.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 23, 2018NAFTA Motor Vehicle Talks Reopen Old Trade DebateAutomotive trade is among the most sensitive issues in negotiations with Mexico and Canada over revisions to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The United States has proposed major changes in the rules of origin that determine which vehicles and parts qualify for tariff-free treatment when traded among the three countries. The proposal has reopened a decades-old debate about regulating the content of vehicles sold in the United States. If some variant of the proposed changes is accepted by Canada and Mexico and then ratified by all three countries, it would make the fifth time since 1965 that Congress has sought to encourage greater use of domestic content in cars and light trucks. History Motor vehicle content rules were originally a response to rising imports of passenger vehicles, primarily from Japan. Such rules were included in the Automotive Products Trade Agreement of 1965, better known as the U.S.-Canada Auto Pact, which was designed to integrate U.S. and Canadian vehicle manufacturing. Vehicles covered had to have 50% U.S. or Canadian content for free entry into