USTR adds Mexico to ‘Special 301’ priority watch list over IP rights concerns

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has added Mexico to its “priority watch list” of the worst offenders on intellectual property rights, citing concerns related to the country’s implementation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. In its annual Special 301 report on IP protection and enforcement , released on Tuesday, USTR said Mexico had become the eighth country on the priority list “due to long-standing and significant IP concerns,” many related to USMCA. “Criminal investigations and prosecutions for trademark counterfeiting and...