Us Mexico Trade Agreement 2019
Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, the United States renegotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement and replaced it with an updated and balanced agreement that works much better for North America, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which came into effect on July 1, 2020. The USMCA is a mutually beneficial benefit to workers, farmers, farmers and businesses in North America. The agreement creates more balanced and reciprocal trade that supports high-paying jobs for Americans and cultivates the North American economy. On December 19, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the USMCA with multiparty support with 385 votes (Democracy 193, Republican 192) to 41 (Democracy 38, Republican 2, Independent 1). [79] On January 16, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the trade agreement by 89 votes (Democrats 38, Republicans 51) to 10 (Democracy 8, Republican 1, Independent 1)[80] and the bill was forwarded to the White House for the signature of Donald Trump. [81] On January 29, 2020, Trump signed the agreement (Public Law No: 116-113). [82] NAFTA has been formally amended,[83] but not the 1989 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, which is only “suspended.” [84] [85] In December 2019, Thea M. Lee and Robert E.
Scott of the Economic Policy Institute criticized the USMCA as “at best weak tea” because it would have “virtually no measurable effect on the wages or incomes of American workers” and noted that “the benefits are tiny and it is very uncertain whether the deal is a profit or a net loser at the end.” [116] Bloomberg News reported on October 29, 2019 that the Trump administration planned to include in the law authorizing the pact a provision allowing the USTR to directly control how and where cars and parts of global automakers would be manufactured. [77] During his 2016 election campaign and presidency, Trump sharply criticized NAFTA (it was often called “perhaps the worst trade deal of all time”[105] while hailing the USMCA as “an excellent deal for all of us.” [106] However, the USMCA is very similar to nafta, has adopted many identical provisions and has made only modest changes, mostly cosmetic,[107] and is expected to have only a limited economic impact. [108] Former U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, who oversaw the signing of NAFTA during Bill Clinton`s administration, said, “This is really NAFTA of origin.” [109] Canada ratified the agreement in March and the USMCA came into force on July 1, 2020. Although NAFTA is officially dead, governments and businesses are still adapting to the new rules, especially the new labour rules.
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