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...MEXICO CITY - Just days after a landmark agreement on a trade pact to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico objected Saturday to legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress as part of an eventual ratification of the deal.
...Jesús Seade, the Mexican Foreign Relations Department's undersecretary and chief trade negotiator for North America, said most of the bill is in line with the typical process of ratification, but it also "Adds the designation of up to five U.S. labor attaches in Mexico tasked with monitoring the implementation of the labor reform that is under way in our country."
...The three-person panels would comprise a person chosen by the United States, one by Mexico and a third-country person agreed upon by both countries.
..."U.S. officials accredited at their embassy and consulates in Mexico, as a labor attache could be, may not in any case have inspection powers under Mexican law," he added.
..."We reserve the right to review the scope and effects of these provisions, which our government and people will no doubt clearly see as unnecessary," Seade said the letter read. "Additionally, I advise you that Mexico will evaluate not only the measures proposed in the ... but the establishment of reciprocal mechanisms in defense of our country's interests."
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