Tis the season for bloggers of all industries and topics to write about expected trends for the New Year (or to comment on the trends that just happened in the last year). Here at the Dashboard we like to look forward, as...more
After all the gloom and doom and worry, the United States, Canada and Mexico tweaked the North American Free Trade Agreement. Most importantly (apparently), they changed the name. Banished is NAFTA. In its place is the United...more
10/11/2018
/ Automotive Industry ,
Canada ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies
The North American Free Trade Agreement – NAFTA for short – just took one step closer to no longer existing. As originally reported by the NY Times, the United States and Mexico announced that they had reached agreement on...more
8/29/2018
/ Automotive Industry ,
Canada ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Export Controls ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Manufacturers ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
It is difficult to find anyone affiliated with the automotive industry in the United States, Europe, Asia or anywhere else who is in favor of tariffs on automobiles, automobile parts, automobile raw materials or anything else...more
Trade issues have been concerning the automotive industry for some time. Whether it be NAFTA renegotiations (or NAFTA scrapping), Section 232 Tariffs, Exceptions to Section 232 Tariffs, ever since the current administration...more
6/26/2018
/ Automotive Industry ,
China ,
Cross-Border ,
Imports ,
Manufacturers ,
NAFTA ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Policy ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
As anticipated by the Dashboard as far back as December 2016, the current administration is determined to renegotiate (or scrap) the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in a way that helps out the United States’...more
8/31/2017
/ Automotive Industry ,
Canada ,
Country of Origin ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Imports ,
Manufacturers ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR