One of Democrats' top concerns in the new North American trade pact is to ensure Mexico implements labor law reforms required under the deal and to guarantee the high labor and environment standards can be enforced
The Trump administration is stepping up efforts to get House Democrats to support the new North American trade pact — but for now, the White House appears content to let the deal's fate on Capitol Hill depend on Mexico’s willingness to improve its labor laws.
Lighthizer “knows we’re not there yet. Mexico has to make some moves beforehand, to show good faith,” said Rep. Bill Pascrell . “We need that, first of all. If they don’t act, there’s no chance of getting the votes.” “The enforceability of it all depends on the Mexican government changing its laws," said Rep. Judy Chu . "We don’t actually have direct punitive actions in the agreement itself, if these provisions do not change. My question was: What if they don’t pass the laws? What are the consequences?”
“With USMCA or without USMCA, President López Obrador has labor reform and labor justice and labor democracy at the center of his agenda,” Luz María de la Mora, Mexico’s trade undersecretary, said last month. “I will find it extremely difficult to believe that [Pelosi] will not understand that what Mexico is doing is substantive — it’s major.”
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