time the automotive officials said that mexico had sought reassurances that new content rules would not cause losses of existing facilities or jobs in the sector and that a nafta deal would make mexico immune to any automotive tariff trump imposes on national security grounds but the us side was sticking to a hard stance in the final stretch of the yearold nafta talks trying to extract concessions as another late august deadline for a deal approaches one industry representative said the issues the two countries are hammering out include what percentage of auto industry components need to be made in north america to avoid tariffs and how many cars and trucks need to be made in factories paying higher wages the usmexico talks for a reworked north american free trade agreement resumed three weeks ago without canada after negotiations involving all three members of the 12 trillion trade bloc stalled in may reuters published on aug 11 2018 at 1249 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app mexico auto north american free trade agreement nafta tariffs homenewsindustrymexico nafta talks drag on as autos sticking points emerge