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The head of the North American Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Roberto Velasco lvarez received the United States Undersecretary of Labor Julie Su and her team for a bilateral meeting. At the meeting the delegations highlighted the broad agreement of the two governments to guarantee labor rights in both countries work for fairer and more equitable societies and above all deepen North American labor integration through the implementation of bilateral and trilateral mechanisms. such as the Treaty between Mexico the United States and Canada T-MEC.At the meeting Velasco highlighted the priority nature of the consolidation of labor rights for the governments of both countries which share a commitment to justice and social equity with their populations Likewise he celebrated the recent decision to issue 35000 additional H2B-type visas to those already announced earlier this year which will benefit Mexican workers. Undersecretary Su highlighted this by confirming that the objective of this her first commission abroad is to take advantage of the important moment in the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States where there is a common vision that places the well-being of men and women as a central priority. workers from both countries. During the meeting the delegations discussed the results of the work in the implementation of the labor reform in Mexico as well as the success achieved in the resolution of disputes through the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism MRR of the T-MEC. Deputy Secretary Su reaffirmed the Biden-Harris administrations commitment to increasing collaboration with the Government of Mexico and other stakeholders to create more legal avenues for temporary labor migration.The head of the Velasco Unit was accompanied by the director of Economic Affairs and Innovation Farid Hannan the director of Political Affairs for Canada and Trilateral Mechanisms Cristina Planter and the coordinator of Strategy and Public Policies for North America Arturo Rocha.For its part the US delegation was also made up of the Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs of the Department of Labor Thea Lee the director of the Office of Trade and Labor Affairs Matthew Levin the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs of the Department of Labor Samantha Tate the Senior Director of International Economy and Labor of the National Security Council Gladys Cisneros and on behalf of the Embassy of the United States the labor counselor and head of the Labor and Competitiveness Unit of the Department of Labor Naomi Fellows and the main labor attache Pablo Solorio.
