Autos and energy: What’s weighing on North American trade in 2023

A U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement dispute settlement panel in the coming weeks is expected to hand Washington an adverse ruling on its interpretation of the trade deal’s automotive rules of origin. How the Biden administration responds to that ruling, analysts say, could have impacts on the credibility of the recently reformed dispute settlement system -- and on how a major disagreement over Mexico’s energy policies plays out in 2023. The U.S.’ response to the final ruling in the autos rules-of-origin dispute is...