U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Mexico has failed to live up to several of its U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement labor commitments, the Independent Mexico Labor Expert Board says in a new report. The labor board, created by USMCA implementing legislation to report on the progress of Mexico's labor reforms, on Monday sent its latest report to Congress highlighting several ways in which it says Mexico has failed to adhere to USMCA pledges to guarantee and support workers’ rights. The panel previously raised concerns about Mexico’s implementation of...

President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney directed their teams to move forward on what would be a relatively narrow trade deal focused on resolving U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs as well as concerns around energy during closed-door talks at the White House on Tuesday, according to Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s lead minister for trade talks with the U.S. Speaking to reporters after the Oct. 7 meetings , LeBlanc said the talks “concluded with the president and the prime minister...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Washington, DC, next week to discuss the upcoming review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement as well as other economic and security issues, his office announced on Friday. “Canada and the U.S. each launched consultations last month that will inform preparations for the first joint review of CUSMA,” the announcement states . “The Prime Minister’s working visit will focus on shared priorities in a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S.”...

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement partners should create an independent body to handle rapid-response mechanism investigations for all three countries, according to a new report from Rethink Trade that recommends “systemic” reforms ahead of the first USMCA review next year. Rethink Trade, led by the American Economic Liberties Project, an anti-monopoly advocacy group, on Thursday published its analysis of how the U.S. and Mexico have used the RRM to date and how USMCA partners might improve the mechanism during next year’s review. The...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is formally seeking public comment that will inform the Trump administration’s statutorily mandated review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement next year, with written input due to arrive the first week of November ahead of a public hearing in Washington, DC, later that month. A Federal Register notice establishing that timeline is slated for publication on Sept. 17, according to a preliminary version posted Tuesday morning. USMCA requires that the three governments conduct their first...

China’s Ministry of Commerce on Thursday blamed the United States for Mexico’s decision to raise tariffs on Chinese goods, saying the country was giving in to economic coercion by its northern neighbor. The Mexican government on Wednesday proposed increasing tariffs on a range of products from countries with which Mexico does not have free trade agreements. The potential increases, which first must be approved by Mexico’s legislature cover about 8.6 percent of Mexican imports. The move comes as Mexico and...

The Mexican government may move to expand tariffs on its non-free trade agreement partners, including China, according to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. During a press conference on Thursday, Sheinbaum said her administration was considering levying tariffs on countries “with which we don't have a trade agreement,” according to an informal translation of a transcript issued by her office . “China is one of them, but it's not the only country,” she added. Bloomberg last week reported that the Sheinbaum administration...

Officials in the U.S., Mexico and Canada are beginning to gear up for a statutory review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement while bilateral trade talks involving U.S. tariffs continue, as key U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday met with Mexico’s trade minister and top Canadian officials gathered to start planning for the review. USMCA, due for review by July 1, 2026, was on the agenda for a meeting between House Ways & Means Committee members and Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard, according to...