Keith Nuthall

For autos traded between the three USMCA countries to benefit from its low- or zero-duty provisions, 70% of all steel, aluminum and glass used must originate in North America.

The number of dealers targeting indigenous Canadians indicates it is a market worth tapping. However, cautions Ross McKenzie of the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Automotive Research, “The limitation of this...

While overall global value of Canadian automotive exports fell 3.1% last year (down $2.5 billion) – with sales to key trade partners the U.S. and Mexico declining – auto sales to the European Union were up 89.3% year...

There is concern within the Canadian auto sector that Ottawa was mulling a greener approach than U.S. federal rules by striking a cooperation agreement on emissions standards with California, whose regulations...

China’s State Council Tariff Commission said Aug. 23 that as of Dec. 15 it would reimpose 25% duties on a wide range of U.S.-made automobiles and parts – tariffs it had suspended in April.

The Canada Free Trade Agreement commits all parties to scrapping any measure “that restricts or prevents the movement of goods across provincial or territorial boundaries.”

Given that last year the EU exported just 73,000 cars to Mercosur, representing 2.2% of the four South American countries’ total market, there is plenty of room for more export sales.

Flavio Volpe, president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers Assn., says most of the 65 Canada-owned parts makers operating in Mexico do business with Mexico-based assemblers, who could lose a significant share...