November 3, 2025 | Press Release
NEW HAVEN – Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and 104 other Democratic legislators submitted comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative urging them to negotiate for stronger protections for U.S. workers, consumers, small businesses, and farmers in the upcoming six-year review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), enacted in 2020 under the first Trump Administration as the successor agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
“Since enactment of the USMCA, multinational corporations have continued to use the threat of offshoring as leverage wielded against workers standing up for dignity on the job and a share of the profits generated by their hard work – and far too often, enabled by our trade deals, companies have acted on these threats. The U.S. trade deficit with Mexico and Canada has significantly increased, and surging USMCA imports have undermined American workers and farmers and firms in the auto, steel, aerospace, and other sectors. Under the current USMCA rules, this ongoing damage is likely to worsen,” wrote Congresswoman DeLauro and fellow lawmakers.
Read the full letter here (PDF)