Rethink Trade calls for independent body to steer RRM investigations

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement partners should create an independent body to handle rapid-response mechanism investigations for all three countries, according to a new report from Rethink Trade that recommends “systemic” reforms ahead of the first USMCA review next year. Rethink Trade, led by the American Economic Liberties Project, an anti-monopoly advocacy group, on Thursday published its analysis of how the U.S. and Mexico have used the RRM to date and how USMCA partners might improve the mechanism during next year’s review. The...