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New Executive Order Establishes USMCA Forced Labor Task Force

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on May 15 that establishes a task force focused on forced labor issues under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. “The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security and shall be composed…

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of representatives from the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative,” it said. “The Chair may invite representatives from other executive departments or agencies, as appropriate, to participate as members or observers.” House Democrats recently complained that the task forced hadn't been created by the required April 28 deadline (see 2005120035).