Unions criticize USMCA wages provision, potentially endangering the deal

Published November 5, 2018 11:01pm ET



Unions are withholding support for the Trump administration’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on the grounds that the provisions meant to force Mexican factories to pay their workers at least $16 an hour are too weak.

The announcement, made by an official labor advisory committee to the U.S. trade representative, suggests a potentially difficult reception for the USMCA deal next year when President Trump may have to get it through a divided Congress.

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