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USMCA Sunset/Review Clause

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The USMCA Sunset Clause Will Not Help Much with Enforcement

A couple months ago, I pushed back on the idea that the USMCA sunset clause will help with enforcement. Now I see it popping up again. This is from Inside US Trade: ... [Tom] Vilsack also argued that the review function in the new agreement -- a watered-down version of a

Good Questions on the Sunset Clause

This is a good set of questions, as a follow-up to a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing, from Senator Toomey to U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer on the USMCA sunset clause: The renegotiated NAFTA agreement contains a new mechanism called “Review and Term Extension,” i.e. a sunset provision, which

Congress Asks Lighthizer About the Sunset Clause

I have been suggesting that Congress should clarify its role in the decision required under the USMCA's sunset clause on whether to extend the agreement, and Congressman Steven Horsford came through for me at yesterday's House Ways and Means Committee hearing (starts at 3:37:50)

Does Congress Care about Delegating More Power Over Trade to the Executive Branch Through the USMCA Sunset Clause?

Inside US Trade has a copy of the draft Statement of Administration Action for the USMCA here. One thing that jumped out at me was that there was no mention of the sunset clause, i.e., Article 34.7: Review and Term Extension. That provision states in part: 1. This

The USMCA Sunset Clause as a "Check on Bad Behavior"

This is from testimony by Beth Baltzan at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing yesterday on "Enforcement in the New NAFTA": The Ultimate Check on Bad Behavior: The Sunset Clause The history of U.S. trade policy exposes particular challenges with Europe and Japan, who have had

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada (AKA the New NAFTA) Trade Deal: The Sunset Clause

The text of what is being called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been released. It would be much easier to call this agreement NAFTA, rather than some unwieldy new name that someone thought was preferable for public relations purposes. We'll see what practice develops here. I will

Trump on the NAFTA Sunset Clause

This is from Trump's press conference at the G7 meeting: Q Are you close to a deal on NAFTA? Your Press Secretary said (inaudible). THE PRESIDENT: So two things can happen on NAFTA. We’ll either leave it the way it is, as a threesome deal with Canada

Memo to the Trump Administration: The Sunset Clause is a Lost Cause

Here's a tweet from Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star: Trudeau says he wanted to meet with Trump to resolve NAFTA, but Pence told him that he couldn't meet with Trump unless Canada accepted an auto-termination "sunset clause" in the deal. He said Canada

Lighthizer on a Sunset Clause in NAFTA

Here is another interesting issue that came up at last week's House Ways and Means Committee hearing with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer: Congressman Johnson: Can you tell me what the sunset clause is and what they are trying to accomplish with it? Ambassador Lighthizer: Absolutely, Congressman.