USTR Announces Rapid Response Labor Mechanism Panelists

The U.S. named six panelists for the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, for the enforcement of USMCA labor protections:

• Janice Bellace, Samuel A. Blank professor emeritus of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
• Lance Compa, a former senior lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, where he focused on U.S. labor law and international labor rights
• Peter Hurtgen, former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, and former director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a partner working in labor and employment law at Curley, Hurtgen & Johnsrud
• Ira Jaffe, an arbitrator and mediator primarily hearing labor and employment and benefits disputes, in both public and private sectors
• Kevin Kolben, an associate professor at the Rutgers Business School and an expert on transnational labor regulation and labor governance in supply chains
• Edward Potter, an International Advisory Council member at the Institute for Human Rights and Business, who also participated in the International Labor Organization's Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations that holds countries accountable for their obligations resulting from the ratification of ILO conventions.

The United States, in consultation with Mexico, also agreed on six non-national panelists: Gary Cwitco, Cleopatra Elmira Doumbia-Henry, Pablo Lazo Grandi, Salvador Del Rey Guanter, Paul van der Heijden, and Adolfo Alberto Ciudad Reynaud.