• RED LINES: The López Obrador Administration made public a final set of unmovable conditions that its US counterpart ought to consider in the final hour of negotiations to gain support among US Democrats in Congress for ratifying the new US, Mexico and Canada trade agreement (USMCA).
• CONCERNS: Insisting that Mexico would not accept unilateral US labor inspections in Mexican territory, officials said however they would be open to accept a new rule of origin for North American steel in the auto industry (following melted/poured definition) but not in the case of aluminum.
• LIMITS: “Perhaps 90% of the (USMCA) agreement is not subject to discussion or revision. What we are going to have is an addendum. And the addendum would have to include these red lines”, said Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, along with negotiator Jesús Seade.
• HOUSE: According to press reports, Lighthizer’s office has already presented the Democratic majority leadership in the US House of Representatives with some kind of agreement in principle regarding changes that could be made to address concerns around the deal signed in 2018.
