FILE PHOTO: Trucks wait in a long queue for border customs control, to cross into U.S., at the Cordova-Americas border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the revised U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal that includes tougher enforcement of worker rights and the elimination of a patent provision for biologic drugs.
Senators approved the changes to USMCA, which was signed more than a year ago to replace the decades-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), by a vote of 107-1.
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