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The Mexican government is prepared to respond to any complaint filed under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s novel labor-dispute resolution mechanism, the country’s economy secretary, Graciela Márquez Colín, said on Tuesday as the AFL-CIO gears up to launch a case.
Smith Ramos: “The best thing that can happen to Mexico, and to the world, is that there is a regime change in the U.S.”
Both New York senators argued for Canada to fairly allocate its TRQs and for Mexico to recognize promised generic cheese names.
“We expect the Canadian government to act forcefully if any such violations occur,” said USW’s Ken Neumann.
Customs agencies in the U.S., Mexico, Canada remain in close contact on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement implementation, officials said this week, enjoying what one U.S. official dubbed the “honeymoon” phase.
The AFL-CIO this month will file a labor complaint against Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the union federation’s president, Richard Trumka, said on Thursday.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s new plan to address the complaints of southeastern seasonal growers about their Mexican counterparts is “politically motivated” and positions the U.S. as an untrustworthy trading partner, the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, which represents importers of Mexican produce, said on Wednesday.
USTR will work with producers on an ITC effort “to monitor and investigate imports of strawberries and bell peppers, which could enable an expedited global safeguard investigation later this year.”
Following Section 232 consultations with the U.S., Mexico has agreed to create a “strict export monitoring” system through June 2021 to address recent surges in pipe, mechanical tubing and semi-finished steel products, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said on Monday.
The implementation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to date has been smoother than expected, a top U.S. Customs and Border Protection official tells Inside U.S. Trade.
Witnesses at the Trump administration’s recent hearings on the impact of seasonal produce imports from Mexico on the U.S. industry presented no real evidence that investigations or restrictions would be justified, a Mexican official told Inside U.S. Trade on Thursday, saying the issue has become “political” in an election year.
A letter to Lighthizer and Perdue says Canada’s tariff-rate quota administration procedures for dairy products “appear to run counter to numerous USMCA provisions.”
Mexican Undersecretary for North America Jesús Seade on Thursday criticized what he called a “perception” that he is not among the frontrunners to lead the World Trade Organization, insisting he is “among the leading pack.”
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday pleaded for help from lawmakers, agriculture industry representatives and farmers as the administration works to develop a “realistic” solution to their longstanding concerns that imports of seasonal products from Mexico are harming the U.S. industry.
Three GOP senators urge the Trump administration to use “all available mechanisms” to ensure Mexican market access for U.S. potatoes.
As the administration begins to review long-awaited challenges brought under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s labor chapter, industry groups are calling for more transparency and clarifications to improve labor complaint-submission procedures under the chapter as well as those for a new rapid-response tool.
Lawmakers from Georgia and Florida will testify on Thursday.
“If state governments in Mexico are able to willfully violate basic labor rights, we will urge USTR to swiftly and forcefully utilize the rapid response system in order to ensure Mexican compliance.”
The U.S. International Trade Commission’s interim rules to implement U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement provisions on investigations of trucking services are inconsistent with the deal, the Mexican government contended this week as U.S. industry and labor groups prepare for possible trade remedy action.