Mexico rejects US Congress’ attempt at sending American inspectors into Mexican factories to make sure they respect labor protections provided by the new North American trade pact
Trucks wait in a queue for border customs control, to cross into the US, at the Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 12, 2019.
The Senate in Mexico City ratified the trade pact on Thursday, after more than two years of arduous negotiations with Washington and Ottawa. But it soon bogged down in political complications, particularly in the United States, where Democrats questioned whether it would really force Mexico to deliver on labor reforms meant to level the playing field between lower-wage Mexican workers and their better-paid American counterparts.
The additions won the blessing of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Democrat needed to move the agreement forward in Congress, as well as the largest US labor federation, the AFL-CIO.
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