U.S. trade officials meet Detroit 3 amid latest NAFTA push

The Trump administration has put forward an aggressive set of proposals that are complicating progress. Among those proposals is a demand that seeks to guarantee the United States more of the automotive business, and impose far tougher rules of origin requirements for the industry. (BLOOMBERG)

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David Shepardson and Lesley Wroughton

February 27, 2018 05:00 AM

WASHINGTON -- U.S. trade officials are due to meet auto industry executives on Tuesday, three sources said, in a possible sign of increased discussion of automotive content requirements that have become a sticking point in efforts to rework the NAFTA trade deal.

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