Democratic House Trade Working Group Members Issue Statement on President Trump Not Extending the USMCA Trade Deal As-Is
WASHINGTON—Today, members of the Democratic House Working Group, chaired by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, released the following statement following news that the Trump Administration would not extend the trilateral US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact for another sixteen years as-is.
Members issuing the statement: Representative DeLauro, Representative Dean, Representative Deluzio, Representative Dingell, Representative Hoyle, Representative Kaptur, Representative Lynch, Representative McGovern, Representative Mrvan, Representative Nadler, Representative Pingree, Representative Pocan, Representative Raskin, Representative Schakowsky, Representative B. Scott, Representative Tonko
“Over a hundred House Democrats and dozens of major labor unions, environmental, farm, faith and consumer groups demanded renegotiation of President Trump’s USMCA because it has failed American workers and the environment. Corporations have continued to exploit lower environmental and labor standards and rock-bottom Mexican wages 40 percent below industrial wages in China to continue to offshore jobs. Now that the Administration has recognized that President Trump’s USMCA cannot continue in its current form, we will continue to lead the Democratic Caucus in pushing for a renegotiated USMCA that works for working families, and protects our farms and manufacturing sector, and the environment.
“It is time for a new era of trade policy, as laid out in the Democratic Fair Trade for Working Families Resolution—an era of strong labor, wage, and environmental standards, strong rules of origin and clear Made in America requirements, robust enforcement mechanisms to combat violations, no limits on food safety, environmental or Big Tech oversight, and guardrails against offshoring. These are the issues that we will be prioritizing as we prepare to renegotiate USMCA, and we urge the Trump Administration to join us and American workers in fighting for a level playing field.”
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