CBP official: USMCA auto rules will be enforced amid confusion over interpretation

U.S. Customs and Border Protection stands ready to implement U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement auto rules no matter how they are interpreted by the Biden administration, a senior official said last week, as some in the industry look to change the Trump administration’s take. Auto industry representatives in all three countries, as well as the governments of Canada and Mexico, agree that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and CBP under the Trump administration interpreted a USMCA auto rule of origin differently...