U.S. again expands use of USMCA labor tool to address another sector

The U.S. for a second time this week is expanding its use of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response mechanism to a new industry, this time targeting alleged worker-rights violations at a mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday said the U.S. asked Mexico to review whether workers at a mine owned by the Grupo México conglomerate were being denied freedom of association and collective bargaining rights following a petition filed by the AFL-CIO, the United Steelworkers and...