Labor Regimes and Free Trade in North America: From the North American Free Trade Agreement to the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement

This article provides a comparative assessment of the labor provisions in the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement. It also evaluates new labor‐related requirements incorporated in the rules of origin (ROO) rather than the labor chapter of the newer treaty. The ROO in the USMCA determine a labor value content requirement for passenger vehicles and light and heavy trucks. No previous free trade...