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U.S. Triggers T-MEC Labor Reviews at Mondelez Puebla Plant and Campeche Flotel

Mexico has 10 days to accept the requests, triggering a 45-day facility-level investigation under T-MEC rules.

Overview

  • The Interagency Labor Committee said there is sufficient and credible evidence to seek probes into alleged denials of freedom of association and collective bargaining.
  • The U.S. suspended liquidation of unliquidated entries tied to the Mondelez Puebla facility as part of the rapid-response process.
  • Complaints filed November 12 by independent unions UGM and ORDEN allege employer and incumbent-union interference, intimidation, forced disembarkation at sea, and unlawful dismissals.
  • The Campeche case targets a floating hotel operated by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement México and PMI Norteamérica, a less common sector for this mechanism that observers say could shape maritime and energy compliance expectations.
  • These are the 44th and 45th invocations of the mechanism, potential remedies include suspending preferential tariff treatment, and Mondelez said it is cooperating with authorities.