OFFICIALS MUST USE JULY 1 USMCA SIX-YEAR REVIEW MINISTERIAL MEETING TO COMMIT TO MAKING MAJOR, NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO PACT

Washington, June 30 -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued the following press release:

As United States Trade Representative Greer and the Mexican and Canadian trade ministers meet July 1 for the mandatory six-year review of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and the presidents of United Auto Workers, Steelworkers, Machinists, and Carpenters unions urge the three countries not to extend the pact as-is, but rather to commit to making significant and necessary improvements so that USMCA benefits working people in North America.

In 2020, when the USMCA came before Congress, some congressional Democrats and unions supported the pact and some oppose...