The Globe and Mail: In the Mexico City meetings, U.S. officials demanded that the deal be changed to require at least half of the materials and components in vehicles made in the USMCA zone come from the U.S. in order to qualify for preferential tariff treatment under the deal, said Pedro Casas, chief executive officer of the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico, a business group briefed on talks.
The U.S. also wants the required amount of North American content overall to be set at 82 per cent, he said…