![AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, with Democratic lawmakers and supporters, speaks about their opposition to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 25, 2019 (AP photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta).](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/l_us-trade_agreements-labor-10282019-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
A quarter of a century after labor standards first became a bone of contention in trade talks to conclude the North American Free Trade Agreement, weak enforcement of labor standards in Mexico is one of the key issues holding up a vote on President Donald Trump’s renegotiation of NAFTA, now rebranded the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Every U.S. trade agreement since NAFTA has included language nominally aimed at protecting workers. Yet despite significant strengthening over the years, the labor provisions in those trade agreements remain controversial and largely ineffective for foreign and American workers alike. NAFTA was only the third free trade […]