Inside Trade

March 28, 2025

U.S. seeks RRM review at largest Mexican auto assembly plant

By Hannah Monicken  / May 28, 2024 at 5:22 PM
The Biden administration is asking Mexico to review alleged labor violations at a Volkswagen auto assembly plant, the country’s largest, in response to a rapid-response mechanism request from 10 recently fired workers and union leadership, two agencies said on Tuesday. The request is the 23rd time the U.S. has invoked the RRM, a labor-focused tool in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Labor Department said in separate statements. Many of the requests have concerned...

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