Analysts: RRM cases raise ‘serious questions’ about implementation, impact

Early praise for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rapid-response mechanism is “premature,” two analysts say in a new report, calling for more transparency into the novel labor enforcement tool and raising questions about whether it’s working as intended. “The Biden administration has been quick to declare the RRM a success. However, the evidence to date raises serious questions about such bold claims,” Inu Manak, a fellow for trade policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and researcher Alfredo Carrillo Obregon, write in...