Participants in Mexico’s auto parts industry and a representative of the United States government assured that in 2026 there will be a review of the USMCA and not a renegotiation.
Gabriel Padilla Maya, general director of the National Auto Parts Industry (INA), and Mauricio Cortés, representative of the Department of Labor, stated that the member countries of the trade agreement are only going to a review.
“Without a doubt, the USMCA in 2026 will be a review,” Padilla stated in a joint press conference to present the panorama of workers in the automotive industry in Mexico.
Read also: The USMCA is ‘indispensable’ for the US, Sheinbaum responds to Trump who said he wants to renegotiate the treaty
However, he admitted, it will be in this process that issues regarding the commercial relationship will be opened.
“(It will be reviewed) what the tripartite position will be regarding China, what the positions regarding pressures on rules of origin and accumulation of national content, and that requires negotiating some terms within the review, but it is not a negotiation of the entire instrument of the treaty,” he explained.
The representative of the US government highlighted the commitment that his country has had with Mexico within the framework of the USMCA, and explained that the participating countries are heading towards a review and not a renegotiation.
Padilla Maya explained that from the perspective of the Mexican auto parts industry, in the review of the TMEC it is expected that the requirements linked to the issue of labor rights will be toughened.
Also, he added, the possibility of strengthening commercial integration is expected.
“The fact that we have a greater refinement of the rules of origin, a review towards national content, for us (auto parts manufacturers) will continue to be an opportunity to strengthen the integration that already exists today. “No other sector has supply chain integration in the North American region,” he concluded.
Follow us on Google News to always stay informed
