The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is accepting through July 17 comments and recommendations on workstreams for the North American Competitiveness Committee established under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
USTR is particularly interested in input addressing the following.
- effective approaches and information-sharing activities to support a competitive environment in North America that facilitates trade and investment between the parties and promotes economic integration and development within the free trade area
- ways to further help traders identify and take advantage of trade opportunities under the USMCA
- recommendations aimed at enhancing the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises as well as enterprises owned by under-represented groups, including women, indigenous peoples, youth, and minorities
- projects and policies to develop a modern physical and digital trade- and investment-related infrastructure and improve the movement of goods and provision of services within the free trade area
- action to combat market-distorting practices by non-parties that are affecting the North American region
- cooperative activities for trade and investment between the parties with respect to innovation and technology, including best practices in their application
- cooperation during emergency situations that affect North American trade flows, including the establishment of a joint understanding of critical infrastructure priorities in North America
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