U.S. Eases Mexico Concerns About Trade-Deal Labor Rules
- U.S. attaches won’t be labor inspectors, Lighthizer says
- Officials will abide by all relevant Mexican laws, he says
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The U.S. eased Mexico’s concern that it would send so-called labor attaches to monitor enforcement of USMCA trade-deal rules, avoiding the risk of a showdown between the two countries over a bill in Congress about the agreement.
“These personnel will not be ‘labor inspectors’ and will abide by all relevant Mexican laws,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in an emailed statement Monday. “The U.S. government has stationed personnel in various embassies around the world, including in Mexico, to assist foreign governments in improving work conditions. Mexico, in turn, has many attaches stationed in the U.S.”