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Mexico
(In Trade)
August 09, 2019
August 09, 2019
“If Congress stalls out, or fails to pass this agreement, he’ll withdraw. So I think it’s even more critically important that we approve this agreement this year, in a bipartisan way, and get that to the president.”
(Daily News)
August 08, 2019
August 08, 2019
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and House Democrats are continuing talks on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement during the August recess, exchanging “paper” and meeting regularly as lawmakers and their staff await official counterproposals from the administration, congressional sources said.
(Daily News)
August 08, 2019
August 08, 2019
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has delivered U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement counterproposals to House Democrats as the two sides continue to negotiate during the August recess.
Florida tomato growers defend border inspections that Mexican officials, growers call ‘unacceptable’
(Daily News)
August 08, 2019
August 08, 2019
Ongoing negotiations over a new suspension agreement covering tomatoes from Mexico are hung up over border inspections, which Florida growers defend as necessary for enforcement but Mexican growers and officials call “unacceptable.”
(In Trade)
August 02, 2019
August 02, 2019
The two countries will meet quarterly on Mexico’s labor commitments
(Daily News)
August 02, 2019
August 02, 2019
Mexican tomato growers, in a letter to the Mexican government, this week accused the U.S. Commerce Department of slow-walking negotiations for a new suspension agreement on fresh tomatoes with “absurd” proposals and called on the government to intervene.
(In Trade)
August 01, 2019
August 01, 2019
They write that Trump's threat to use the law to impose tariffs on Mexico earlier this year “resulted in 10 days of uncertainty and anxiety for U.S. businesses and workers that rely on cross-border trade between the U.S. and Mexico.”
(In Trade)
August 01, 2019
August 01, 2019
“This is part of Canada’s ongoing commitment to help improve labour standards and working conditions in Canada and Mexico.”
(Daily News)
July 31, 2019
July 31, 2019
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is working on a “rapid-response” enforcement approach for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement that borrows heavily from a proposal introduced by two key Democratic senators earlier this year, Inside U.S. Trade has learned.
(Daily News)
July 30, 2019
July 30, 2019
Senate Finance Committee members on Tuesday addressed U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement enforcement options that the Trump administration and House Democrats might consider as they work to reach agreement on areas of concern with the deal.
(Daily News)
July 29, 2019
July 29, 2019
A group of House Democrats in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group is demanding answers from a Mexican Goodyear plant after lawmakers were denied entry there earlier this month.
(Daily News)
July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019
In a progress report sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Friday, the House Democrats' U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group said it intended to send detailed text to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer next week, calling on USTR to respond with counteroffers.
(Daily News)
July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019
After an enforcement-centric meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday, several U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group members said a contentious “panel-blocking” issue with the deal's dispute-settlement approach remained unresolved.
(Daily News)
July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019
New Democrat Coalition members this week encouraged U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to continue working with a group of House lawmakers on U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement issues before moving forward with ratification, hoping they can make progress even during the August congressional recess, Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) told Inside U.S. Trade.
(In Trade)
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
“Mexico is hardest hit and the United States the least,” states the paper, published by a Canadian think tank.
(Daily News)
July 24, 2019
July 24, 2019
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), the House chief deputy whip, said on Wednesday that Congress would pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement this year, hinting at a significant number of Democrats likely to support it.
(In Trade)
July 24, 2019
July 24, 2019
A group of private-sector witnesses is slated to appear before the panel on July 30.
(Daily News)
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
A recent trip to Mexico did little to assuage Democrats' concerns with USMCA’s enforcement language, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) said on Tuesday, as Vice President Mike Pence continued to barnstorm in favor of ratifying the deal this year.
(Daily News)
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joined by 600 other business associations across the country, is urging Congress to approve the U.S.- Mexico-Canada Agreement as soon as possible.
(Daily News)
July 22, 2019
July 22, 2019
Concerns that a controversial de minimis provision could be included in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s implementing legislation continue to vex House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle who have raised the issue in recent talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.