US asks Mexico to review GM plant labor allegations in test of new trade deal By Reuters – Investing.com
- Date: 12-May-2021
- Source: Investing.com
- Sector:Industrial
- Country:Middle East
US asks Mexico to review GM plant labor allegations in test of new trade deal By Reuters – Investing.com
By David Lawder and David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday asked Mexico to examine alleged labor rights violations at a General Motors (NYSE:) pickup truck factory in Mexico, a move that could lead to tariffs on some of GM's most profitable vehicles under the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that her agency and the U.S. Department of Labor have received "information appearing to indicate serious violations" of worker rights in an April union contract vote at GM's Silao factory in central Mexico.