<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">IMF study online at: <a href="https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2019/03/26/NAFTA-to-USMCA-What-is-Gained-46680" class="">https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2019/03/26/NAFTA-to-USMCA-What-is-Gained-46680</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><b class="">POLITICO</b><div class=""><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;" class=""><strong style="font-family: sans-serif;" class="">USMCA ANALYSIS: NOT A WIN FOR THE U.S.: </strong>It might not be the economic impact Trump wanted: A <a href="http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e54d0b5ee031ebb399585849e35db1e5bd925a517f04d886c8012f43c07a3b2c4fd6be602a80d6fa821a8e6c162db59a" target="_blank" class="">new paper</a> by IMF economists finds that Canada and Mexico come out slightly ahead under USMCA, while the U.S. is a bit of a loser. While the common analysis to date suggests the U.S. drove a hard bargain and beat its neighbors into making concessions, the paper released this week concludes the continent gains a negligible $538 million in economic benefits from the deal, and the U.S. is the only country to see a loss.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;" class=""><strong style="font-family: sans-serif;" class="">Small potatoes: </strong>The broader takeaway is that the net impact of USMCA is basically zero. It finds that the deal reduces trade on the continent by more than $4 billion, or 0.4 percent. It said the countries would benefit from new customs procedures but lose out under more onerous new automobile rules.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;" class=""><strong style="font-family: sans-serif;" class="">It all comes back to tariffs: </strong>The paper says that ending U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, and ending Canada's and Mexico's retaliatory duties, would produce a $2.5 billion benefit for the continent — about five times more than passing USMCA. The IMF cautions that research papers like this one reflect the authors' views and are not official IMF policy.</p><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em;" class=""><strong style="font-family: sans-serif;" class="">Don't tell Trump: </strong>The findings run counter to the main messaging coming out of the White House, which has been touting the benefits of the new NAFTA as part of its efforts to get Congress to pass the deal. Kudlow said Thursday that USMCA will attract about $80 billion in new auto sector investment and generate 70,000 to 80,000 new jobs, Doug Palmer <a href="http://go.politicoemail.com/?qs=e54d0b5ee031ebb3453935353846de869fc61b6dc20bf5ae7aa5e63a332a663a1aafb26e5ba8c0bcbe98fece38e2915e" target="_blank" class="">reports</a>.</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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