U.S., Mexico gird for first USMCA rapid-response panel hearing

A U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement panel is set to hold a two-day hearing on a labor dispute involving a mine owned by a major Mexican company – the first such dispute elevated to a panel under the trade agreement’s novel rapid-response labor tool. The hearing, set to take place Feb. 28 and 29 in Mexico City, was announced on the USMCA Secretariat website . It will be livestreamed. A verification of the mine, in Zacatecas, Mexico, is set for Feb. 26, according...