FIRST USMCA NEGOTIATIONS ON CONTENT RULES AND ECONOMIC SECURITY

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on ​Friday that the first round ‌of formal negotiations to update the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement next week in ​Mexico City will focus on ​strengthening regional rules of origin ⁠and economic security provisions.

He told ​reporters at a Micron Technology memory ​chip plant in suburban Washington that regional content rules needed to be changed ​to help re-shore U.S. manufacturing, ​adding: "If you're going to get a special ‌deal ⁠on trade with the United States of America, we want to make sure that there's U.S. ​content in ​that."

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