Outside advisory panels ask USTR to remove NME clause from USMCA

Advisers to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative are asking the administration to clarify the intent behind the inclusion of a non-market economy clause included in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, with some calling for the termination of such a provision before a deal is finalized. USTR this week published the advisory panels' addenda to reports they filed in September, ahead of the release of the USCMA text on Sept. 30 and before Canada had agreed to terms. Some of the...