Minnesota Representative Michelle Fischbach hosted the committee in her district. In addition to negotiating new trade agreements, Fischbach said U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai needs to enforce the existing trade deals. “The USMCA has provisions for her to deal with those issues with corn and dairy and she needs to be using those provisions; the countries sign an agreement and they need to be following it.” Fischbach and Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith met with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in March and discussed Mexico’s ban on biotech corn imports. In addition to the trade barrier south of the border, Canada’s restrictive dairy policy was repeatedly brought up during the hearing.
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