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AFL-CIO's Trumka: USMCA enforcement issues might require re-opening talks

April 1, 2019 at 1:41 PM
Some concerns with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement held by labor groups and Democratic lawmakers can be addressed via the deal's implementing legislation, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said on Monday, but he contended that enforcement issues likely could not be fixed without re-opening negotiations. “There are some things that can be done without re-opening the agreement -- you can do some of it in the implementing language,” Trumka told reporters. “Some things would have to be -- the enforcement portion -- would...


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