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Chair accuses Mexican arrangements with Cuban doctors of forced‑labor; State Department says it will press Mexico and refer trade questions to USTR
Summary
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 used opening remarks to accuse the Mexican government of facilitating a Cuban medical program she described as forced labor and said the issue would be raised in the upcoming USMCA review.
"Mexico has accepted more than 3,000 Cuban doctors in exchange for over $100,000,000 paid directly to the Cuban regime... That is pure and simple slavery," Salazar said, describing the Cuban government’s arrangements for medical…
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