LORDSTOWN, Ohio - The head of the UAW at GM Lordstown isn't ready to speculate on what the new trade agreement announced by President Trump on Monday could mean for his membership.

21 News talked to one auto industry analyst about whether he feels the United States Mexico Canada Agreement may hurt or help Lordstown.

It's no secret that job security is top of mind for the approximately 1,300 workers left at the GM Lordstown plant.

The hope is that this new agreement will provide job security with some new key provisions.

Industry experts expect the new trade agreement will help guide GM's future overall and that includes Lordstown.  

Should Lordstown produce more than just the Cruze, retool the plant or keep things the way they are?  The agreement does not necessarily mean anything immediately according to industry experts.

Phil LeBeau, a business finance analyst for CNBC, said, "These are all questions General Motors routinely looks at and now that this new trade agreement is in place it will no doubt look at its operations everywhere and say okay, 'What happens next?'"
 
Valley Congressman Tim Ryan, representing Ohio's 13th District, is pleased with several new provisions that could be positive for GM Lordstown.  Including one which says 75% of the parts for a vehicle need to be made in one of the three countries, and another which raises the percentage of vehicles that must be made by workers who earn $16 per hour or more.  That is about three times more than what the average Mexican autoworker makes.

"Both of those are good.  I mean obviously, if parts are still being made in Mexico that can still undermine the supply chain.  But that provision of having higher wages is something that I'm very supportive of and we just need to make sure that if that is a rule that that rule can be enforced and who's gonna enforce it," Congressman Ryan said.

And under the new agreement would it be better to keep the Cruze hatchback production in Mexico at possibly higher wages or move it to Lordstown?  Auto industry experts say there's no doubt GM is looking at that.