Ways & Means trade panel looks for a USMCA labor enforcement solution

Labor group representatives on Tuesday offered lawmakers suggestions for how the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement could be reworked to include sufficient labor enforcement mechanisms, with the AFL-CIO pitching an option that would give citizens standing to sue governments if the deal's dispute settlement process went awry. During a House Ways & Means trade subcommittee hearing on labor and trade, Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) honed in on what he called a dysfunctional state-to-state dispute settlement process, an issue that has been raised by...