USTR won't commit to ensuring Mexican labor reforms before NAFTA vote

The Trump administration does not believe that Mexico must implement reforms to improve workers’ rights before Congress votes to approve and implement a redone NAFTA, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told members of the Ways & Means Committee during a June 22 hearing. Lighthizer also said that low environmental standards in foreign countries amount to an illegitimate competitive advantage, as do low labor standards. Last month, when the Trump administration withdrew from the Paris climate change agreement -- signed by...