Report: USTR Declines to Advance USMCA Rapid Response Complaint
A complaint from Rethink Trade and SNITIS, a Mexican labor union, submitted in early August alleging that the management of BBB Industries de Mexico in Reynosa, Mexico, conspired with a captive union to rig a contract vote was not pursued…
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by the U.S. government, Reuters reported. Previously, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative asked Mexico to investigate five other complaints brought under USMCA's rapid response labor mechanism. Four of those complaints have been resolved, and one, against Manufacturas VU, an auto parts plant in Piedras Negras, is still pending. The agency told Reuters there was not "sufficient, credible evidence of a denial of rights," so that's why it didn't go forward. USTR didn't comment.