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By Mark Stevenson May 12, 2021 - 4:26 PM
MEXICO CITY (AP) â The United States filed its first labor complaint with Mexico Wednesday under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, after an old-guard union was caught allegedly destroying ballots at a General Motors plant in northern Mexico.
The U.S. Trade Representative invoked the ârapid responseâ mechanism under the trade pact, known as the USMCA.
The mechanism allows a panel to determine whether Mexico is enforcing labor laws that allow workers to choose their union and vote on contracts and union leadership. If Mexico is found not to be enforcing its laws, sanctions could be invoked, including prohibiting some products from entering the United States.
US files first trade complaint with Mexico under USMCA May 13, 2021 by (AP) Mark Stevenson
The U.S. Trade Representative invoked the “rapid response” mechanism under the trade pact, known as the USMCA.
The mechanism allows a panel to determine whether Mexico is enforcing labor laws that allow workers to choose their union and vote on contracts and union leadership. If Mexico is found not to be enforcing its laws, sanctions could be invoked, including prohibiting some products from entering the United States.
“Using USMCA to help protect freedom of association and collective bargaining rights in Mexico helps workers both at home and in Mexico, by stopping a race to the bottom,” said U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai.
U.S. files first trade complaint with Mexico under USMCA
In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump, center, sits between Canada s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Mexico s President Enrique Pena Nieto after they signed a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is replacing the NAFTA trade deal, during a ceremony at a hotel before the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. U.S. and Mexican unions have filed on Monday, May 10, 2021, the first labor complaint against Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact.
MEXICO CITY (AP) The United States filed its first labor complaint with Mexico Wednesday under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement after an old-guard union was caught allegedly destroying ballots at a General Motors plant in northern Mexico.