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U.S. Requests Mexico Talks on Marine Environment Obligations
- USTR concerned about fishing, endangered species protections
- Case is first ever brought under USMCA’s environment chapter
Demonstrators with The Animal Welfare Institute hold a rally outside the Mexican Embassy in Washington, in 2018.
Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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The U.S. requested consultations with Mexico due to concerns that the nation is failing to meet its environmental obligations for protecting marine life under their trade deal.
Mexico has adopted laws to prevent illegal fishing in the upper Gulf of California, the trafficking of protected species such as the totoaba, and to protect and conserve the vaquita porpoise. But available evidence raises concerns that the nation may not be meeting its commitments under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, the U.S. Trade Representative said on Thursday.