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North America Free Trade Agreement | US-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Mexico-US energy tensions ease as focus shifts to shared opportunities
14-Sep-2022 NGI
Energy sector tensions between the United States and Mexico have quieted in recent days as both sides work to change the narrative towards cooperation.
Canada challenges US softwood lumber duties under USMCA trade pact
30-Aug-2022 The Globe and Mail
International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada is formally initiating a challenge against “unwarranted and unfair” U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
Hogging the gains from trade in Mexico
26-Aug-2022 Medium
The multinational pork giant Smithfield, now owned by a Chinese firm, took advantage of trade, investment, labor, environmental, and immigration policies, after NAFTA, to expand its low-wage factory farming model on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
US, Canada demand trade dispute talks over Mexican energy policies
21-Jul-2022 Reuters
The United States and Canada demanded dispute settlement talks with Mexico under a North American trade deal, charging that Mexican energy policies were discriminatory and "undermine" international firms and cross-border supplies.
US says Mexico energy policy violates trade deal; opens dispute
20-Jul-2022 Bloomberg
Biden team requests dispute-settlement talks under USMCA deal. USTR argues Mexico’s favoring of state utility breaks pact.
US poised to escalate claim Mexico violated free-trade pact
24-Jun-2022 Bloomberg
The US is preparing to escalate its complaints that Mexico’s state-favoring energy policies violate the nations’ free-trade agreement.
Mexican workers file USMCA complaint against VU Manufacturing
20-Jun-2022 Bloomberg
A group of Mexican workers at VU Manufacturing has filed a petition under the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) alleging that the Michigan-based auto-parts maker is pushing them to join a union friendly to the company.
Oceana filing under USMCA on right whales moves forward, could open US to trade restrictions
14-Jun-2022 Seafood Source
A filing made by non-governmental organization Oceana claims the US is not holding up its environmental laws regarding the protection of endangered North Atlantic right whales is moving forward.
Latin American leaders should stand up for people, not corporate profits
10-Jun-2022 Inequality.org
As leaders gather in Los Angeles, a reflection on the past two decades of battles against neoliberalism and for a more just and equitable alternative in the Americas.
US requests second dispute settlement panel on Canadian dairy quotas under USMCA
27-May-2022 Reuters
The Biden administration is requesting that a second dispute settlement panel be formed under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review a trade dispute with Canada over dairy import quotas.
Independent unions in Mexico use the USMCA to stop abuse at multinational plants
25-May-2022 El Pais
New worker representatives push for renewal under the cross-border agreement to punish labor violations.
Talos Energy pauses Mexico oil arbitration bid amid high-level talks
18-May-2022 Reuters
US-based oil producer Talos Energy has temporarily suspended pursuit of an arbitration claim against Mexico amid high-level talks over one of the country’s flagship offshore projects.
Dairy tariffs renew Canada-US trade spat, threats of retaliation
18-May-2022 National Post
Canada’s refusal to budge on dairy tariffs is whipping up discontent south of the border, and had at least two US industry groups calling on Washington to retaliate.
T-MEC, an obstacle to lithium nationalization
21-Apr-2022 The Daily Guardian
State exclusivity in the lithium value chain can violate the treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC).
Mexican union calls for US probe into alleged labor abuses at Panasonic plant
19-Apr-2022 Reuters
In a petition to US labor officials, Mexican union SNITIS said a Panasonic car parts plant in the border city of Reynosa violated the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Ousted Pakistani leader as challenging investment treaties that give corporations excessive power
15-Apr-2022 Inequality.org
Mexico and many other countries are facing anti-democratic corporate lawsuits like the case that pushed Khan to withdraw from international investment agreements.
Celebrating global resistance against extractivism: from Mexico to Ireland
29-Mar-2022 The Canary
On 1 January 1994, the Zapatistas’ movement against the Mexican state’s extraction of their lands was reborn, as a response to the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
US plans more labour complaints in Mexico after union votes
9-Mar-2022 Bloomberg
The US is investigating labor-rights violations in Mexico and expects to bring more complaints under the USMCA.
Workers at Mexico border auto parts plant oust powerful union, eying ripple effect
9-Mar-2022 Reuters
Mexican factory Tridonex came under US scrutiny last year after US unions pushed for a labour complaint under the USMCA trade deal, saying workers had been blocked from choosing their union.
Dairy groups slam Canadian proposal on USMCA dairy market access
8-Mar-2022 AG Daily
Canada submitted its proposal on how it would change tariff rate quotas for imports on dairy. Dairy groups were disappointed in the proposal and called for more reforms.