Category: USMCA

Farmers Call on Congress to Enforce Requirements of Foreign Trade Agreements

American farmers say they appreciate trade agreements that help them remain competitive in world markets. But they add that the accords are useless if all parties don’t comply with the terms of the deals. Don Schiefelbein is a farmer and rancher in Kimball, Minnesota, where he and his six brothers run the cattle and row…


Trump Touts Farm Record in Iowa Rally

With the Iowa caucus slowly drawing nearer, 2024 hopeful Donald J. Trump made the case that he was “the most pro-farmer president that you’ve ever had” at a rally in Council Bluffs, a town across the Missouri River from Nebraska. To support his case, Mr. Trump ran through a long list of actions he’d taken…


Dispute That Led to Mexico Seizing American-Owned Port ‘Not Unprecedented’: Expert

The Mexican military has vacated a port in Mexico owned by Vulcan Materials Company of Birmingham, Alabama, according to a U.S. senator. “I am happy to hear that Mexican governmental forces have now heeded our request to withdraw from Vulcan’s port facility, following a nearly two-week unlawful takeover,” Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said in a…


LIVE 1 PM ET: USMCA: Building more integrated, resilient, and secure North American supply chains: A Brookings conversation

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is critical in building more integrated, resilient, and secure supply chains for all three North American country’s governments, industries, and civil societies. It sets rules and market access commitments for business and lays the foundation for expanding investment into complex and capital-intensive manufacturing and supply chains across North America. On…


LIVE NOW: USMCA: Building more integrated, resilient, and secure North American supply chains: A Brookings conversation

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is critical in building more integrated, resilient, and secure supply chains for all three North American country’s governments, industries, and civil societies. It sets rules and market access commitments for business and lays the foundation for expanding investment into complex and capital-intensive manufacturing and supply chains across North America. On…


USMCA: Building more integrated, resilient, and secure North American supply chains: A Brookings conversation

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is critical in building more integrated, resilient, and secure supply chains for all three North American country’s governments, industries, and civil societies. It sets rules and market access commitments for business and lays the foundation for expanding investment into complex and capital-intensive manufacturing and supply chains across North America. On…


US Senators Call for Trade Crackdown on Canada Over Dairy Quotas, Digital Policies

A pair of senior U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to get tough with Canada for “flouting” obligations to its North American trade partners. Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Mike Crapo lay out their concerns in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. The letter says American dairy producers…


The Avocado Ban Shows the High Cost of Non-Tariff Protectionism

Commentary  Last Sunday, U.S. regulators suspended avocado imports from Mexico after a U.S. inspector in Michoacán allegedly “received a threatening message on his official cellphone.” The U.S. government claims this alleged threat was the catalyst for the ban, since, according to the U.S. embassy, “facilitating the export of Mexican avocados to the U.S. and guaranteeing the…


US Electric Vehicle Tax Credit, Mexico’s Energy Reform Among Issues Raised at Trilateral Leaders’ Summit

The leaders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico met in Washington this week for the first time since 2016 with the intent to strengthen co-operation on the economy, security, health, and migration.  Going into the one-day summit on Nov. 18, concerns about protectionist policies in the United States and Mexico had been raised by…


US Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Among Issues Raised at Trilateral Leaders’ Summit

The leaders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico met in Washington this week for the first time since 2016 with the intent to strengthen co-operation on the economy, security, health, and migration.  Going into the one-day summit on Nov. 18, concerns about protectionist policies in the United States and Mexico had been raised by…