USTR: Pandemic has slowed USMCA implementation spending

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer this week defended the administration’s use of funds appropriated to implement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which has been slowed by the pandemic, and said Mexico was ahead of the curve in meeting some of its labor obligations. Following a hearing on the administration’s 2020 trade agenda in June, Lighthizer was asked by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for a breakdown of how USTR intended to use the funding appropriated for the enforcement of USMCA...