President Obrador

U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met in Washington, D.C., this week to celebrate USMCA. The agreement recently became the law of the land in North America. After multiple meetings among senior officials from both nations, the U ...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will be in Washington this week to celebrate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade going into full effect. The Washington Trade Daily said Obrador will meet with President Trump and may also meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister for North America said Friday that he believes U.S. lawmakers will begin the process of approving the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement soon.  He believes it will move forward in the U.S. Congress now that Mexican President Obrador has vowed to increase wages and funding for labor reforms.  At a new...

One of the biggest hurdles to passing the USMCA could soon go away.  Mexico recently promised House Democratic Leadership that it would improve its enforcement of new labor standards to protect the rights of workers in that country.  The LA Times said Mexican President Obrador also told Democrats during meetings in Mexico that his government would add more funding to make sure Mexico complies with

Mexican President Obrador pledges to help make sure the nation’s Senate will overhaul labor laws to enforce workplace standards.  Politico said that’s a major sticking point for American lawmakers as they look at possibly ratifying President Trump’s signature trade achievement.   During a pres...