Ex-Mexican Official Says Labor Reforms Linked To TPP Are Foundering

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has run out of the political capital he needs to push labor reforms through his nation's legislature, according to former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda, citing reforms that the U.S. Department of Labor called for earlier this year to ensure compliance with labor provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Castaneda, speaking at a Sept. 21 Hudson Institute event focused on relations between the U.S., Mexico and Latin America, said he believes the Obama administration missed an...