Mexican president commits to increased spending on labor reforms called for in USMCA

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has committed to increasing spending on labor reform implementation, according to a letter delivered to House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) on Thursday. The letter, delivered by Mexican Under Secretary for North America Jesús Seade, says the government plans to increase spending on labor reform by 23 percent, addressing a key concern held by many U.S. lawmakers weighing whether to support the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. When López Obrador sent his administration’s budget...