[CTC] GTW public comments on the USMCA review & NTE report

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In Comments to USTR, Public Citizen Urges Overhaul of Corporate-Dominated
Trade Policies
<https://www.citizen.org/news/in-comments-to-ustr-public-citizen-urges-overhaul-of-corporate-dominated-trade-policies/>

For Immediate Release: October 30, 2025

Contact: Omar Baddar, obaddar at citizen.org

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Public Citizen submitted comments to the Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on both the 2026 National Trade
Estimate (NTE) report and the upcoming 2026 review of the
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Together, the comments call for a
complete shift in U.S. trade policy, away from the corporate-dominated
model of the past and toward one that prioritizes workers, consumers, and
the environment.

The NTE comment
<https://www.citizen.org/article/comments-to-ustr-on-the-national-trade-estimate-report-on-foreign-trade-barriers/>
 urges USTR to end the practice of labeling other countries’ public
interest policies as “trade barriers.” Public Citizen emphasizes that the
report should not regurgitate the hit list of Big Tech and other large
corporate interests, targeting legitimate regulations that protect digital
privacy, food safety, public health, and the environment.

In the USMCA submission
<https://www.citizen.org/article/comments-to-the-united-states-trade-representative-on-the-united-states-of-america-the-united-mexican-states-and-canada-on-the-operation-of-the-agreement/>,
Public Citizen also calls for major reforms to transform the agreement into
one that prioritizes public interest, labor rights, environmental
protection, and equitable economic development over corporate profits.
While the USMCA introduced important labor enforcement tools, it still
reflects the corporate priorities of its predecessor, the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and of President Trump, who failed to deliver
the overhaul he promised.

“Congress is finally showing signs of life, with the Senate this week
taking action against some of Trump’s most egregious tariffs,” *said Global
Trade Watch director Melinda St. Louis*. “Now will Congress live up to
their constitutional mandate over trade policy and demand that Trump make
the changes needed to USMCA to support working people and end its corporate
handouts?”

*Key reforms proposed by Public Citizen include:*

   - Removing Big Tech’s deregulatory provisions that block governments
   from protecting privacy, regulating AI, or taxing digital platforms;
   - Eliminating Big Pharma’s monopoly protections that undermine access to
   affordable medicines;
   - Strengthening labor and environmental standards with improved
   enforcement and accountability;
   - Removing rules that benefit large U.S. agribusiness at the expense of
   the livelihoods of small farmers in all three countries;
   - Ending any remaining ISDS provisions that let corporations attack
   public interest laws and threaten sovereignty;
   - Protecting the rights of migrants and changing rules that have
   exacerbated forced migration from Mexico.

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