local-content

American  

[loh-kuhl-kon-tent] / ˈloʊ kəlˈkɒn tɛnt /

adjective

1. of or relating to the number or percentage of the components of a product, as an automobile, that are manufactured in a specific country.

   Local-content laws say 90 percent of the components of the car must be made in the U.S. or import restrictions will apply.

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local-content

The EU’s latest Industrial Acceleration Act mandates local-content requirements in public procurement and subsidies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

This would align production with proposed Made-in-Europe regulations that seek to secure European industry through local-content requirements among other things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

The European Union plans to postpone strict local-content rules that would have led to costly tariffs imposed on cars traded between the bloc and Britain beginning Jan. 1.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Even within an economy local-content requirements create hidden victims.

From Economist ● Nov. 23, 2017

Later in the year the government introduced the Inovar-Auto programme under which imported cars attract higher taxes unless the manufacturer meets local-content requirements for innovation and engineering as well as fuel-efficiency targets.

From Economist ● Oct. 10, 2013