The United States-Mexico-Canda Agreement has the potential to deliver tangible benefits for America's workers, farmers, and businesses by improving and strengthening the relationship between the United States and its two closest trading partners. However, that potential will not be realized without full implementation and enforcement of the Agreement as written. Critically, while it would be preferable to resolve USMCA's implementation issues through negotiation, the Office of the United States Trade Representative must be prepared to use the strong and innovative enforcement tools that Congress pushed to include in USMCA to ensure that the Agreement lives up to its full potential.

It has been eighteen months since the entry into force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”), which modernized our trilateral trading relationship in ways that advance the interests of all Americans. The Agreement not only represents the high-water mark for bipartisan collaboration on trade but also creates a clear roadmap for the successful conclusion of new trade agreements with other key trading partners. As you have rightly emphasized, USMCA’s success will be measured by the extent to which it is fully implemented and enforced. I applaud the successes you have already achieved in the recent dairy market access case against Canada and in enforcing USMCA’s Labor Chapter commitments in Mexico under the Rapid Response Mechanism.