US, Mexico, Canada trade ministers various issues on their statement:
- agree to hold in-person meeting on small- and medium-sized business issues in Texas
- agree to explore new approaches to better engage with underrepresented communities on trade issues
- affirmed desire to champion trade policies that are protected by robust and fully enforced labor laws
- discussed shared obligation to prohibit imports of goods produced by forced labor
- commit to increase law enforcement cooperation, in particular for of wildlife trafficking and illegal logging
- agreed to hold deputies meeting before end of 2021 to assess usmca progress
- commit to continuing productive dialogue on labor matters through upcoming labor council meeting
- discussed areas to cooperate on environmental issues, including trade-related climate change measures -statement
- held "robust' discussions on labor and environment obligations under new USMCA trade treaty
NAFTA was renegotiated under the new name of USMCA and its still being bedded down.
