NO CHANGES TO NAFTA’S LABOUR MOBILITY RULES

NO CHANGES TO ORIGINAL NAFTA’S LABOUR MOBILITY RULES UNDER

THE NEW U.S-CANADA-MEXICO TRADE AGREEMENT

On Tuesday Dec 10, 2019 Canada has signed a new agreement updating the North American free trade agreement with Mexico and the United States.

The rules for professional work visas will remain unchanged under Canada’s new free trade deal with the United States and Mexico.

Under the new agreement, the chapter that deals with temporary entry for business persons and professionals, Chapter 16, remains essentially unchanged from the original North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.

Chapter 16 allows employers in Canada, the United States and Mexico to access professional labour from all three countries.

The same rules apply to Canadian professionals covered by Chapter 16 who are hired by employers in the United States and Mexico.

Canada, the United States and Mexico have agreed to improvements of the new NAFTA that strengthen state-to-state dispute settlement, labour protection, environmental protection, intellectual property, the automotive rules of origin, and will help to keep the most advanced medicines affordable for Canadians.