Continental shifts brake manufacturing as USMCA opportunity beckons March 2, 2021 Auto components maker Continental will spend 60 million euros ($72 million) to expand its Mexican brake manufacturing operations. The plant may help automakers meet their USMCA rules of origin requirements. Mexican exports linked to Continental were still well below their pre-pandemic levels i... Read more →
Continental adapts to USMCA, balances safety and reopening post COVID-19 August 3, 2020 Continental plans to close its factory at Nogales, Mexico as the auto-parts maker goes through a widespread restructuring in part as a response to USMCA’s new rules. There had been a steady increase in exports linked to Continental from Mexico with an 11.9% surge in 2019 being followed by a 19... Read more →
USMCA Watch: Honda, Autoliv may have work to do as uniform regulations arrive June 9, 2020 The U.S. government has published detailed regulations for the autos industry in order to implement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA) from July 1. These “uniform regulations” define how to calculate the regional value-added per vehicle that allows them to be transferred across North Ame... Read more →