Melissa M. Brewer December 12, 2019United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (Usmca) • August 16th, 2024
Contract Type FiledAugust 16th, 2024On December 10, the U.S., Mexican, and Canadian governments signed an updated United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) in Mexico City. The new agreement comes on the heels of months of additional negotiations between the three governments after an original deal was reached last year. The terms of the new deal respond to criticism that the agreement needed stronger labor provisions to protect workers’ rights, better enforceability to ensure the parties live up to the commitments, improved monitoring mechanisms, stronger environmental provisions, and clarification on prescription drugs provisions.