Technology, cars and rules of origin in focus at NAFTA talks in Mexico

Record ID: 908856

  • Title: Technology, cars and rules of origin in focus at NAFTA talks in Mexico
  • Date: 4th September 2017
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (SEPTEMBER 04, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF HOTEL WHERE NAFTA NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING HELD HOTEL DRIVEWAY PEOPLE IN LOBBY OF HOTEL STANDING BY NAFTA NEGOTIATION REGISTRATION AREA CANADIAN, MEXICAN AND U.S. FLAGS AT NAFTA SIGN AT HOTEL PEOPLE IN HOTEL LOBBY (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENT OF CONCANACO (CONFERENCE OF MEXICAN COUNCILS ON COMMERCE, SERVICES AND TOURISM), ENRIQUE SOLANA, SAYING: "There is still some time before there is news on the issues being reviewed, talked about and adjusted, motors are just being revved up. We are interested in the area of digital commerce because it is a new issue and which was not included in the deal from some 20 years ago, because it didn't exist." PEOPLE IN HOTEL LOBBY WHERE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING HELD (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT OF APMA (AUTOMOTIVE PARTS MANUFACTURER'S ASSOCIATION), FLAVIO VOLPE, SAYING: "We're all in the same business, we're all trying to sell cars to the American consumer. I think it is a reasonable expectation that at the end of this process we'll modern rules of origin, probably a modern way of scheduling those updates instead of waiting another 23 years." MORE OF PEOPLE IN HOTEL LOBBY CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, CHRYSTIA FREELAND, ARRIVING AT HOTEL WHERE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEHIND HELD, GREETING JOURNALISTS AND SAYING SHE WILL TALK TO MEDIA TOMORROW MORE OF PEOPLE IN HOTEL LOBBY
  • Embargoed: 18th September 2017 22:53
  • Keywords: NAFTA USA trade rules of origin technology Canada negotiations Mexico automobile sector digital
  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016X6MM9V
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Origin rules and digital property rights came into focus during NAFTA negotiations in Mexico City on Monday (September 04), as Mexico, Canada and the United States work towards updating the 23-year-old trade agreement.
    In the second round of talks in the Mexican capital, negotiations are being held over digital property rights provisions to reflect changes in technology that were not around when the deal first came into play in 1994. The impact of digital property rights extends from computer systems inside modern farm tractors to e-books, movies, cloud computing software and cross-border information flows.
    Although still early days, divisions have emerged between the three nations. Auto industry groups from Canada, Mexico and the United States are pushing back against the Trump administration's demand for higher U.S. automotive content in a modernised NAFTA.
    Earlier in the day labour costs emerged as a divisive issue amongst parties. Canada's biggest private-sector union said NAFTA should be scrapped if Mexico cannot agree to better labour standards, clashing with Mexican business leaders who argued that workers’ rights were a matter for each country to resolve internally.
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