Ivanka Trump celebrated the labor reform in Mexico: she assured that she would avoid the loss of jobs in the United States.

The change and approval of a new reform of the Mexican workforce was the condition required by the US authorities to advance and finalize the new trade agreement. United States and Mexico-Canada (USMCA), which would replace NAFTA. This Thursday, its approval took place in Mexico.

So, the daughter of President Donal Trump celebrated the approval by Twitter of the new labor reform in Mexico and stressed that they could now conclude a tripartite agreement between the EUUU, Mexico and Canada.

Currently Ivanka is an unpaid employee of the White House, however is responsible for carrying out a plan to professionalize jobs for Americans, which would have a direct implication with the labor agreements among Mexican workers in the United States.

Yesterday, Mexican legislators approved a labor reform bill paving the way for the new agreement between the United States and Mexico-Canada (USMCA) who will avoid the loss of jobs as in the case of NAFTA, "Ivanka told Twitter while sharing a journalistic note about it.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, had warned early April as the ratification of the North American trade agreement it would not be voted if Mexico did not ask for labor reforms.

The T-MEC agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States (USMCA) was reviewed in November 2018. after a marathon of negotiations that lasted a year, but still needs the approval of the respective congresses to take effect.

"The way workers in Mexico are treated is an important issue," Pelosi said.

The trade pact stipulates that at least 40% of the content of a car made in Mexico must be badembled by workers earning at least $ 16.00 an hour (about 300 Mexican pesos). sold in the US market, while the daily minimum wage in Mexico is slightly above $ 5 (102 pesos).

Jean-Dominique Leraci, legal advisor to the Minister of Commerce of the Canadian Embbady in Mexico, said his country was following this labor issue closely to see if Mexico would actually respect the procedures. "We understand that a true labor democracy is approaching and for us, the issue of work is important in commercial terms, we are not talking about the labor issue for all that can happen in Mexico, but the cost of labor. This is not an important advantage for anyone in the three countries, in English, they speak of flat terrain, "he said.

Manuel Molano, new director general of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (Imco), differs from previous opinions and considered that the reforms of the federal labor can give "a little bit of political space to Donald Trump"and open the door to American unions who want greater participation in Mexican trade unionism to try to match working conditions.

Unions, the losers of labor reform in Mexico

About these changes, Ricardo Corona Real, legal director of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), said that it was a project to positively improve the conditions. Population.

In an interview with InfobaeHe explained that The reforms include the issue of unionization, transparency of contracts, collective bargaining and the creation of conciliation centers. and mechanisms to guarantee the secret vote of workers when choosing their union representatives.

The importance of reform is even a structural problem, as the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked the labor market as the second most important problem in Mexico., just below the insecurity. This has been declared by Royal Crown.