Mexico rejects RRM petition, citing USMCA’s ‘non-retroactivity’

The Mexican government on Tuesday said alleged labor violations outlined in a U.S. request under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response tool predate the pact and, accordingly, fall outside the mechanism’s scope. According to a statement issued by Mexico's Economy Ministry, the long-running labor conflict at a mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, at the center of the request filed by the U.S. on June 16, soon will be resolved via domestic processes. The ministry said the alleged violations – including, in particular, a...