Chair accuses Mexican arrangements with Cuban doctors of forced‑labor; State Department says it will press Mexico and refer trade questions to USTR Chairwoman Maria Salazar accused Mexico of participating in a Cuban medical program that pays the Cuban government rather than doctors and said the practice could violate USMCA forced‑labor provisions; State Department witnesses called the program "cynical," said they are raising the issue with Mexican authorities and deferred trade‑law questions to the USTR.

Chairwoman Maria Salazar has called out the Mexican government for allegedly facilitating a Cuban medical program she claims amounts to forced labor, igniting a fierce debate ahead of the USMCA review.

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