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Videgaray: Addressing labor in NAFTA is in Mexico's 'best interest'

September 22, 2017 at 4:33 PM
Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso said Friday it was “absolutely” possible that a renegotiated NAFTA would include language addressing Mexico's labor conditions and wages. “That's in the best interest of Mexico,” Videgaray said in New York at a Council on Foreign Relations event. “We don't want to be a country that is competitive because Mexican workers are being paid low wages.” He added, “If we can use the new NAFTA framework to enhance the protection of labor rights and...


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