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Mexico will never accept 'disguised' labor inspectors under USMCA: foreign minister
Source: Reuters
BUSINESS NEWS DECEMBER 15, 2019 / 4:26 PM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Mexico will never accept 'disguised' labor inspectors under USMCA: foreign minister
Sharay Angulo
2 MIN READ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s deputy foreign minister for North America, Jesus Seade, on Sunday attempted to rebut claims his country would be subject to labor enforcement inspectors from other countries as part of the new North American trade deal.
Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States on Tuesday signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old deal, but labor provisions were one of the last sticking points in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
“Mexico will NEVER accept any measure that would see inspectors disguised for a simple reason: Mexican law prohibits it,” Seade wrote in a series of tweets, some of which were later deleted, adding for emphasis in another one: “NO INSPECTORS.”
An annex for the implementation of the treaty that was presented in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday proposed the designation of up to five U.S. experts who would monitor compliance with local labor reform in Mexico.
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Mexico will never accept 'disguised' labor inspectors under USMCA: foreign minister
Sharay Angulo
2 MIN READ
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s deputy foreign minister for North America, Jesus Seade, on Sunday attempted to rebut claims his country would be subject to labor enforcement inspectors from other countries as part of the new North American trade deal.
Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States on Tuesday signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old deal, but labor provisions were one of the last sticking points in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
“Mexico will NEVER accept any measure that would see inspectors disguised for a simple reason: Mexican law prohibits it,” Seade wrote in a series of tweets, some of which were later deleted, adding for emphasis in another one: “NO INSPECTORS.”
An annex for the implementation of the treaty that was presented in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday proposed the designation of up to five U.S. experts who would monitor compliance with local labor reform in Mexico.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-seade/mexico-will-never-accept-disguised-labor-inspectors-under-usmca-foreign-minister-idUSKBN1YJ0MJ
