In his testimony earlier this month to the Senate Finance Committee, Lighthizer promised to take \u0022the necessary steps\u0022 to ensure the agreement\u0027s small\u002Dbusiness provisions are honoured
And instead of friendly declarations of trilateral solidarity, the prospect of punitive Section 232 tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum — an economic headache that tormented negotiators during a low point in Canada-U.S. relations — is back and looming large.
“There are a number of ways that they could implement their program that would be less helpful to us than others,” he said. “If there’s any shading of the benefits to American farmers, we’re going to bring a case against them.”Article content continued “The administrations in all three countries took advantage of the USMCA rewrite to modernize the agreement and incorporate some efficiencies that are going to make trilateral trade a lot more efficient, a lot better,” Guzman said.
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