The Meat Institute today called on the Trump Administration to renew the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) for its benefits to American meat and poultry companies and the entire U.S. animal protein value chain.
“USMCA has been a boon for the American meat, livestock, and poultry sector, along with the broader American food and agriculture economy and ancillary industries,” said Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts. “It has provided steady income to American farmers, ranchers, and meat and poultry exporters; it has created jobs for American truck drivers, ports, and transportation companies; it has strenthened American food retail and food service establishments; and it has accomplished all of this through transparent rules that allow American businesses to proactively plan supply chains and develop durable customer relationships. No other trade agreement can boast the same success. President Trump deserves enormous credit for this extraordinary achievement.”
For more in depth information about the value of the Agreement to the meat and poultry industry, see The Meat Institute’s full comments in response to the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) “Request for Comments on the Operation of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada.”
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