Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue joined former agriculture secretaries Tom Vilsack, Dan Glickman and John Block to rally support of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. Tom Vilsack, who is now the chief executive officer for the U.S. Dairy Export Council, said it could be a challenge for the U.S. dairy industry if the agreement isn’t ratified. “Our Mexico market is still in good shape. The challenge though is if we don’t get the USMCA through, we’ll still face a very closed dairy market in Canada.” One of the concerns from House Democrats is labor provisions. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said there are enforceability consequences in the USMCA to ensure labor concerns are addressed. “We had the same fear when we renegotiated the sugar agreement with Mexico in 2017, but Mexico has lived up to that. We think the same thing could happen here.”
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