Overview
- AMIA and ANPACT submitted filings to the U.S. Trade Representative asking for more tolerance and longer timelines on regional content rules to source parts not yet available in North America.
- The associations proposed a gradual rollout of the steel “function and pour” requirement scheduled to take effect in July 2027.
- They pressed to keep imports tariff-free, warning that new duties, including potential Section 232 charges, would erode North American competitiveness.
- ANPACT argued that only a united regional bloc can match China in medium- and heavy-vehicle production, citing deep integration, roughly $5.4 billion in U.S. diesel-engine exports with an estimated 73% to Mexico, and 21 member facilities in the United States.
- They highlighted 2027 thresholds for medium- and heavy-duty trucks—70% regional value content, 45% labor value content, and 70% steel/aluminum sourcing—and called for a truly trilateral Rapid Response Labor Mechanism plus Mexican recognition of U.S. FMVSS safety standards.