What does U.S. want from Canada to renew CUSMA? Trump’s trade rep has list
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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told members of Congress this week that next year's joint review 'will depend on the successful resolution' of several issues.
The U.S. wants Canada to expand dairy market access for American products and lift provincial bans on U.S. alcohol as part of the upcoming review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), Washington’s top trade envoy says.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told members of Congress this week the joint review “will depend on the successful resolution” of those and other issues, according to a copy of his opening statement shared online after the closed-door meetings.
The statement also lists “the impact of Canada’s Online Streaming Act and Online News Act for U.S. digital service providers,” “discriminatory procurement measures in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia,” and “complicated customs registration for Canadian recipients of U.S. exports” as other issues to address. “Unfair treatment” of Montana electricity providers by Alberta was another item listed.
For both Canada and Mexico, Greer listed efforts to strengthen rules of origin for non-automotive industrial goods and “mechanisms to penalize offshoring of U.S. production” to the other two North American countries.
The statement says the list of issues came from public consultations the U.S. has engaged in this fall to prepare for the mandatory review set for next July.
CUSMA “has been successful to a certain degree” and “provided some certainty for North American trade,” Greer told the U.S. House ways and means committee and the U.S. Senate finance committee on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the opening statement.
“But at the same time, it is clear that we have not achieved all of our goals with respect to strengthening U.S. manufacturing capacity and creating good jobs, and nearly all stakeholders advocate improvements.”
Greer goes on to lay out “shortcomings” in the trade pact, some of which are specific to Mexico and Canada.
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