Washington lawmakers push USTR to boost technical assistance for Mexican labor programs

Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Suzan DelBene, both Washington Democrats, this week called on U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to support sufficient capacity-building assistance for Mexico’s labor enforcement programs as U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement talks progress. “As you consider how to move forward on the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), we urge the administration to support robust U.S. assistance for capacity building through the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Agency for International Development,” the lawmakers said in a Dec. 5...