Mexico, Canada Win Trade Ruling Against US on Duty-Free Cars

  • Five-member panel says Washington breached aspects of deal
  • Rules govern regional content for auto manufacturing
Fenders are inspected at a Magna International Inc. auto-parts plant in Guelph, Ontario.Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg
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Mexico and Canada won a trade dispute with the US over cars shipped across regional borders, providing automakers more incentive to make vehicles in those nations.

The decision was included in a final report released Wednesday by a five-member dispute-resolution panel set up under the 2020 US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The panel made its preliminary ruling in November, but it wasn’t released until this week, after the leaders of the three countries met in Mexico City.