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US' AAFA & other trade bodies express continuing support for USMCA

04 Dec '25
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Over 500 bizs, trade bodies in US express continuing support for USMCA
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  • Conveying their continuing support for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, over 500 US business, agriculture organisations and chambers of commerce recently wrote to USTR Jamieson Greer, saying a number of important compliance issues need greater attention and remediation through the underway 'joint review'.
  • The signatories include the American Apparel & Footwear Association and the US Chamber of Commerce.
Conveying their continuing support for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), over 500 business, agriculture organisations and chambers of commerce, including the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), from across the United States recently wrote to US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer, saying a number of important compliance issues need greater attention and remediation through the underway ‘joint review’.

“More than 13 million American jobs depend on trade with Canada and Mexico. US manufacturers export more made-in-America manufactured goods to our North American neighbours than they do to the next 12 largest export markets combined, and the two countries account for one-third of US agricultural exports,” the letter said.

They are also the top two export destinations for US small and medium businesses, more than 160,000 of which sell their goods and services to Canada and Mexico.

USMCA guarantees that virtually all US exports enter these markets tariff-free and helps American companies and the workers they employ compete in the top two export markets.

The entities who signed the letter include the American Association of Exporters and Importers, American Circular Textiles and the US Chamber of Commerce.

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