The U.S. is pushing for higher labor standards in a new North American Free Trade Agreement as ministerial-level talks with Mexico and Canada get under way this week, in a shift that aims in part to gain congressional Democrats’ support for a revamped deal.
Focusing on broadly higher labor standards in a new pact could also help resolve thorny differences between the nations over the content of autos manufactured in the trade bloc, according to officials and people familiar with the talks.
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