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Labor Provisions in the USMCA – A New Paradigm on Trade & Labor?

Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (EST)
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center | The Rotunda Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center | 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004

In early 2020, the U.S. Senate is poised to ratify the U.S.- Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) that was passed by the House in December.

Among other updates of the nearly 30 year old NAFTA, the USMCA establishes a first-of-its-kind United States-Mexico Rapid Response Mechanism to monitor and expedite enforcement of labor rights, and new rules of origin that require 40-45 percent of auto content be made by workers earning at least USD $16 per hour.

Please join us on January 16th to explore the labor provisions in the USMCA and to discuss if this agreement represents a new paradigm for trade negotiations going forward.

FEATURING:

 

Nicole Bivens Collinson, President, Sandler Travis & Rosenberg P.A.

Thea Lee, President, Economic Policy Institute

Carol Pier, Managing Director, International Labor, IMPAQ International

Ted Posner, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Ricardo Ramírez, Founder & Partner, RRH Consultores