By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai asked Mexico on Wednesday, May 18, to investigate claims that workers at a Panasonic auto parts factory in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, had been denied their basic labor rights. The complaint, rooted in efforts to improve workplace conditions in Mexico compared to those in the United States and Canada, represented
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Unless the Mexican government commits to clean, renewable energy sources, the country will cease to be an investment option for General Motors (GM) and other transnational corporations, GM president and CEO in Mexico Francisco Garza said Saturday, Nov. 20. Speaking during the annual Mexican Institute of Finance Executives (IMEF) national convention, Garza said that
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By KELIN DILLON Following U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Mexico, where she tackled issues like labor reform, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh launched a second complaint against Mexico for its alleged violation of workers’ rights under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The officials allege Mexico has denied collective bargaining and free
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Energy Plaintiffs Sue, AMLO Replies There was a response from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, May 18, to the international plaintiffs suing his administration for breach of contract regarding the cancelation of their operations of clean energy production. “They have the right to go to court,” he said, “as do we have the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s outgoing president, Enrique Peña Nieto, U.S. President Donald. J. Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at a sidelines meeting during the two-day G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, Nov. 30. Notwithstanding, there is no guarantee that the USMCA will ever go into effect. The new agreement,
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