The Mexican government told the U.S. that it’s ready to work with the Biden administration to draw up a plan to remedy the denial of workers’ rights at a General Motors Co. pickup-truck plant in central Mexico.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration sent its response last Friday, ahead of the end of a 45-day window for the nation to answer to a U.S. complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, according to people familiar with the case, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the case.
The press office of Mexico’s economy ministry declined to comment, while the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The U.S. last month asked Mexico to review alleged denial of workers’ rights at the GM plant in Silao, Guanajuato, the first time Washington self-initiated a labor dispute under the new trade pact between the countries. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai had asked Mexico to review whether employees at the facility are being denied the right of free association and collective bargaining.