ITI: USMCA a Significant Step Forward for Innovation, Digital Trade
WASHINGTON — Today, ITI applauded the signing of legislation implementing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in the United States, and issued the following statement from its President and CEO Jason Oxman after he attended the signing ceremony held today at the White House:
“The signing of the bipartisan USMCA represents a significant step forward for U.S. leadership in innovation and digital trade and sets a global precedent for modern, rules-based trade. Its first-of-its-kind, cutting-edge digital trade provisions recognize the reality of the 21st century economy and provide certainty and predictability to businesses across all sectors in North America and beyond. Importantly, the pact boosts the U.S. economy and competitiveness globally while preserving and strengthening the United States’ economic relationship with Canada and Mexico—two of its largest trading partners. We urge Canada to ratify this agreement soon and remain committed to seeing all three countries implement the agreement’s provisions to ensure that the North American economy can reap the benefits of this high-standard agreement going forward.”
ITI has been a leading voice for the tech industry in the USMCA negotiations:
- ITI (January 15, 2020) Tech Industry Identifies USMCA as Key Senate Vote
- Washington Examiner (December 21, 2019) Tech, Unions, and Dairy Among the Biggest Winners with USMCA
- ITI (December 17, 2019) USMCA Brings Businesses Into the 21st Century
- AP (December 11, 2019) Democrats Agree to North America Trade Pact: What’s In It?
- Wall Street Journal (December 10, 2019) From Farms to Silicon Valley, U.S. Businesses Stand to Gain from USMCA
- ITI (February 20, 2019) The United States is Poised to Lead on Digital Trade
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