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U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Trade Agreement (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised March 5, 2024
Report Number IF10997
Report Type In Focus
Authors M. Angeles Villarreal, Ian F. Fergusson
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The 118th Congress, in both legislative and oversight capacities, may be active in numerous trade policy issues related to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which entered into force on July 1, 2020 (see CRS Report R44981, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)). USMCA replaced the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Congress approved implementing legislation for USMCA in December 2019 (P.L. 116-113). After the initial USMCA was concluded in 2018, some Members of Congress expressed concern over certain key provisions and negotiated with USTR to amend the agreement. On December 10, 2019, the United States, Canada, and Mexico agreed to a protocol of amendment to the original USMCA text. The revisions include modifications regarding dispute settlement, labor and environmental provisions, intellectual property rights (IPR) protection, and motor vehicle industry rules of origin. The revised agreement provides for a facility-specific “rapid response” labor mechanism, which has been used by the U.S. Department of Labor and USTR to protect worker rights in seven different facilities in Mexico. To date, six of these cases have been resolved through bilateral consultations.