Lawmakers air ISDS concerns during USMCA enforcement hearing

Members of the House Ways & Means trade subcommittee this week used a hearing on U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement enforcement to address issues with the scope of the new pact’s investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, asking whether the tool should apply more broadly. The hearing was the second held by the trade panel in an effort to address outstanding concerns Democrats have with the deal’s labor, environment, biologics and enforcement language. If USMCA is implemented, ISDS will be phased out between the U.S...