washington trump administration set collision course auto industry launch renegotiations 23-year-old nafta trade pact week aim shrink grow trade deficit mexico tighten rule origin cars part industry autos focus u.s. president donald trump anger north american free trade agreement blame take car factories job away america low-wage mexico unite state 74 billion trade deficit mexico autos auto part last year dominant component overall 64 billion u.s. deficit accord u.s. census bureau data trump administration frame nafta negotiate objectives around reduce trade deficit mexico say caroline freund senior trade fellow peterson institute international economics touch autos way get want among tool u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer may seek boost auto employment u.s. strengthen rule origin shut part asia possibly unprecedented u.s.-specific content requirement mexican vehicles lighthizer negotiate objectives nafta seek ensure rule origin incentivize source goods materials unite state north america raise concern among auto industry executives trade group seek deal guarantee certain percentage production unite state industry oppose carve-out increase percentage vehicle value must come region current 62.5 percent already high global trade bloc say would raise cost disrupt complex supply chain see part crisscross nafta border make north american car production competitive asia europe members feel strongly rule origin tool use reshore job u.s. say ann wilson senior vice president government affairs motor equipment manufacturers association trade group represent auto part makers wilson industry advocate say good way boost u.s. manufacture job policies aim expand vehicle export u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross get way would hard reach 62.5 percent content threshold trace list part count towards goal would modernize argue current rule loose allow tariff-free back door chinese auto part part exist 300-plus page list devise early 1990s largely electronics source asia console touch screen hybrid-drive controllers count reach threshold put list company would source north america pay tariff content requirements become onerous automakers simply skip compliance end pay duty say charles uthus vice president international policy american automotive policy council lobby group ford motor co. general motor fiat chrysler forego nafta tariff-free access benefit something could happen trump dissatisfy negotiations decide scrap trade pact would raise cost billion-5 billion year ulthus add ford plan billion total capital spend year among contentious nafta issue u.s. canadian mexican negotiators tackle start wednesday washington future mechanism resolve trade dispute unite state want eliminate so-called chapter 19 provision argue fail combat unfair subsidies mexican canadian goods mexico canada vow keep provision negotiators expect pursue new nafta chapters govern digital trade tighten environmental labor standards change previously agree three countries part now-defunct 12-country trans-pacific partnership u.s. negotiators also seek provision deter currency manipulation aim set precedent future trade negotiations revise u.s.-north korean deal bilateral pact japan negotiations face extremely tight timeline officials say want complete negotiations early next year avoid ratification difficulties pose elections mexico july 2018 u.s. november 2018. freund trade economist decade world bank international monetary fund say negotiators focus key areas really want full-blown modernization nafta go take lot six months say ultimately think go get bogged detail pick two three things small agenda trump 's nafta autos goals collide industry talk start