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Employment Law Worldview
US Federal Labor Viewpoints – Week of June 21, 2021
From our Capital Thinking blog, here are the latest federal employment law developments in in the legislative and executive branches during the week of June 21, 2021. *** This is a weekly…
SmarTrade
USMCA Free Trade Commission Holds Inaugural Meeting as USMCA in Full Force
By Thompson Hine International Trade
Key Notes: USMCA trade ministers meet, demonstrating that USMCA is in full force USMCA compliance required as of now Auto rules of origin and labor were key issues in discussions…
Global Trade Policy Blog
US and Mexican Unions, Followed by US Government, File First Labor Cases Under USMCA “Rapid Response” Mechanism
By Eric Emerson, Jeffrey Weiss, Zachary Simmons
US and Mexican labor unions and, separately, the US Government, have filed the first labor cases under the Rapid Response Mechanism (“RRM”) of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”). The RRM…
Latin American Blog
New Labor Obligations Contained In USMCA Present Risks for Covered Employers
By Laura Nava, Matthew Sonne, Aracely Abarca
In effect since July 1, 2020, the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”). Although the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic largely overshadowed the effective date of this…
Michael Geist
Registration for Extension: My Submission to the Copyright Term Extension Consultation
Earlier this year, the Canadian government launched a timid consultation on copyright term extension. After years of rejecting copyright term extension beyond the international law standard of life of the…
Manufacturing Industry Advisor
Mexico’s Role in the USMCA-Driven Consolidation of the North American Auto Industry
By Alejandro N Gomez-Strozzi, Marco Antonio Najera Martinez, Fernando Camarena Cardona
It’s the beginning of a new year! 2020 is over, COVID-19 vaccines are being administered, the USMCA is in effect, and there is an apparent unofficial understanding that the auto…
Global Trade Policy Blog
International Responses to President Biden’s Trade Policy Positions
By Christophe Bondy, Henry Cao, Eric Emerson, David O'Sullivan, Yumiko Takahashi, Jeffrey Weiss
As the Biden Administration settles into its second month in office some signals have emerged that have offered insights into the potential direction of US trade policy. Key trade officials,…
Michael Geist
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 78: Jennifer Jenkins on What Copyright Term Extension Could Mean for Canada
For years, Canada resisted extending the term of copyright beyond the international standard of life of the author plus 50 years. That appears to have come to an end with…
Michael Geist
Afraid to Lead: Canadian Government Launches Timid Consultation on Implementing Copyright Term Extension
After years of rejecting copyright term extension beyond the international law standard of life of the author plus 50 years, the Canadian government caved to pressure from the United States…
International Trade Insights
December 2020 Trade Law Update
By Nithya Nagarajan, Julia Banegas, Camron Greer
In Husch Blackwell’s December 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law: USTR announced the first USMCA enforcement action to address Canada's…