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The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement enters into force today amid growing calls to ensure key tenets are enforced, with Democrats in the U.S. warning – for starters – about labor in Mexico and dairy in Canada, and business leaders across the continent girding for change.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday issued final implementation instructions for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, one of the last moves the agency says will help ensure a smooth transition from NAFTA once the new deal enters into force on Wednesday.
Prieto’s arrest “sends the wrong signal that the renegotiated NAFTA is not on track to deliver the improved Mexican labor conditions,” they wrote.
The 138-page interim final rule provides long-awaited guidance to auto producers by describing criteria they must meet to obtain preferential tariff treatment under the deal.
An interagency committee charged with monitoring the enforcement of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s labor obligations is inviting public comments on procedures for submissions alleging violations.
“So we needed it to start reopening because it will soon have to face USMCA rules.”
Not all importers hurt by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were able to take advantage of the Trump administration’s move in April to temporarily delay some duty payments, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said on Tuesday.
Mexico’s decision to shut down some industrial sectors by deeming them non-essential amid the coronavirus outbreak is a “serious problem,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said on Tuesday, citing impacts on North American supply chains.
A handful of complaints likely will be filed under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response labor enforcement mechanism soon after the pact enters into force in July, according to several analysts and trade lawyers.
A group of 25 House Ways & Means Committee Democrats on Monday lambasted the Trump administration for missing a deadline to establish a task force on forced labor required under by the U.S. bill implementing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
A group of 25 House Ways & Means Committee Democrats on Monday lambasted the Trump administration for missing a deadline to establish a task force on forced labor required under by the U.S. bill implementing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
“[T]his task force can help our global efforts to combat forced labor -- but only if it actually exists.”
The U.S., Mexico and Canada continue to weigh North American auto industry requests to delay beyond July 1 the implementation of regulations that will guide the application of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s auto rules of origin, according to private-sector representatives familiar with the talks.
“It has become clear that our integrated supply chains will continue to suffer disruptions unless the Mexican government clarifies its definition of ‘essential businesses.’”
Commerce Secretary Ross called the plan “another affirmation of our commitment to use all available tools to combat circumvention and evasion of duties.”
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has for the first time included the foreign operations of a U.S. company, Amazon, on its annual list of “notorious markets for counterfeiting and piracy.”
The White House on Tuesday formed an interagency committee to help facilitate the enforcement and monitoring of labor obligations outlined in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Monday discussed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s looming entry-into-force and enforcement issues with Democrats on the House Ways & Means trade subcommittee.
The Trump administration on Friday notified Congress that the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will enter into force on July 1.