[CTC] DeLauro Leads 105 House Democrats Urging Fixes to North American Trade Deal for U.S. Workers and Economy

[Arthur Stamoulis]

*DeLauro* *Leads* *105* *House Democrats Urging Fixes to North American
Trade Deal for U.S. Workers and Economy*

*NEW HAVEN – *Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and 104 other
Democratic legislators submitted comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative urging them to negotiate for stronger protections for U.S.
workers, consumers, small businesses, and farmers in the upcoming six-year
review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), enacted in 2020 under
the first Trump Administration as the successor agreement to the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

*“Since enactment of the USMCA, multinational corporations have continued
to use the threat of offshoring as leverage wielded against workers
standing up for dignity on the job and a share of the profits generated by
their hard work – and far too often, enabled by our trade deals, companies
have acted on these threats. The U.S. trade deficit with Mexico and Canada
has significantly increased, and surging USMCA imports have undermined
American workers and farmers and firms in the auto, steel, aerospace, and
other sectors. Under the current USMCA rules, this ongoing damage is likely
to worsen,” *wrote Congresswoman DeLauro and fellow lawmakers.

The lawmakers endorsed several measures to strengthen the USMCA, including
include improving the Rapid Response Mechanism, establishing a North
America-wide minimum wage for manufacturing workers in key sectors, and
eliminating special protections for monopolistic corporations like
investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).



*“We are keen to work in partnership with you and USTR Greer on these and
other issues throughout the USMCA review and renegotiation process. We
believe that an agreement that includes the improvements that we note in
this letter to ensure the USMCA delivers real benefits for American
workers, farmers, and businesses can enjoy wide bipartisan support.”*Full
text of the comments in the form of a letter can be found *here
<http://delauro.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/delauro.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/delauro-usmca-letter-10.27.25.pdf>*
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*delauro.house.gov <https://delauro.house.gov/>*
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