U.S. files three more USMCA panel requests involving facilities in Mexico

The Biden administration has ratcheted up its use of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response labor mechanism, requesting three new dispute settlement panels after the U.S. and Mexico could not agree to remediation plans. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced the panel requests on Wednesday as part of a broader release of information touting the administration’s efforts to forge a worker-centered trade policy that “rejects trickle-down trade and holds accountable those corporations that maximize their profits through exploitation.” “Under the...