U.S. requests USMCA talks with Mexico over vaquita protections

The United States will request consultations with Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement over what it claims are Mexico’s failure to enforce environmental laws designed to prevent illegal fishing, which has led to the near-extinction of the vaquita, the most endangered porpoise in the world. The consultation request is the first-ever under USMCA’s environment chapter, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Conservation groups last year called on the U.S. to launch consultations with Mexico , claiming that the...