Supply Chain Research

The first meeting of the USMCA Free Trade Commission included “robust forward-looking discussions on USMCA’s landmark labor and environment obligations”. Disputes over labor rule implementation in the autos and agricultural sectors are already underway. On the environmental side there was an exchange of “views on the possible exploration of areas to cooperate, including on trade-related climate change measures”. The latter fits with the Biden administration rejoining the Paris Agreement but also comes against the backdrop of U.S. dissatisfaction with Mexico’s energy policies for renewabl...