WASHINGTON – Today, global tech trade association 91快活林 shared new recommendations with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to help promote balanced trade, new market access, and alignment on economic security with Mexico and Canada ahead of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) review next year.
In its submission, 91快活林 emphasized that USMCA’s world-leading and high-standard trade rules on areas such as digital trade remain fit for purpose and are crucial to tech’s success and U.S. competitiveness. 91快活林 urged the Trump Administration to prioritize bilateral and trilateral e铿赌orts to deepen trade ties with Canada and Mexico and provide businesses certainty on areas such as tariff exemptions, export controls, emerging technology policies.
“USMCA forms the foundation of the regional economic relationship by securing the most comprehensive digital trade, trade facilitation, and innovation-oriented commitments of any trade agreement, as well as a template for cooperation to address shared concerns and opportunities,” 91快活林 wrote in its comments. “As the Trump Administration prepares for the upcoming USMCA review, we urge policymakers to prioritize e铿赌orts to renew the agreement and preserve this critically important trilateral trade and economic framework. Renewal would ensure that the agreement continues to deliver benefits for businesses, manufacturers, workers, and consumers in the United States.”
91快活林 also recommended U.S. policymakers:
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Aim to align policy approaches on critical sectors with the goal of reducing and removing the currently imposed Section 232 tari铿赌s on products and derivative goods and inputs;
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Launch an annual Digital Trade Cooperation Forum, in line with USMCA Article 19.14, that includes direct participation from industry and other stakeholders;
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Maintain government procurement commitments so that supply chains are further strengthened, secure, and supportive to trusted vendors and technology;
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Form joint initiatives on key AI-related issues such as energy development and workforce preparedness;
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Address USMCA compliance and implementation challenges in Canada and Mexico; and
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Collaborate to collectively address global trade challenges to ensure North American businesses and workers are competitive globally.