Ahead of the July 4th holiday, Asian Pacific American (APA) workers, farmers, and manufacturers have added cause for celebration this year. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) goes into effect today after years of hard-fought negotiation on the part of President Trump and Republicans.
As our economy begins to rebound after being artificially interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the boost this new and improved trade deal will provide to all sectors of our economy could not come at a better time.
The USMCA is a win for all of America with its potential to add over half a million jobs and increase economic activity by over $235 billion, and the Asian Pacific American community will reap the benefits that this modernized, freer and fairer trade agreement will bring.
The provisions in this new trade deal is a win for Asian Pacific Americans and will create economic opportunities and increase wages across all fields.
USMCA will ensure parity for American workers and contribute to American prosperity for decades to come.
USMCA replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was negotiated over a quarter century ago and was a glaring example of failed trade policies from past administrations that led to an exodus of American jobs.
The need to replace NAFTA to reflect changes in technology and commerce in the 21st Century was long overdue, and our Negotiator-in-Chief and his team deserve tremendous credit for displaying the political courage to actually get it done.
More than just an improved, more reciprocal trade agreement, however, the USMCA signals a sea-change in thinking.
美國亞太裔小企業主受益於《美國-墨西哥-加拿大協議》(USMCA)
在7月4日假期到來之前,亞太裔(APA)工人、農民和製造商今年更有理由慶祝這一節日,因為經過川普總統和共和黨人多年的艱苦談判,《美國-墨西哥-加拿大協定》今天生效。
隨著我們的經濟在被冠狀病毒瘟疫人為地打斷後開始反彈,這個嶄新並經過改進的貿易協議為我們經濟的所有部門帶來提振,這一時機來的正是時候。
《美國-墨西哥-加拿大協定》(USMCA)是全美的勝利,它有可能增加50萬個工作崗位,並增加超過2350億美元的經濟活力,而美國亞太裔社區將從這項現代化、更自由和更公平的貿易協議中獲益。
這項新貿易協定中的條款對美國亞太裔來說是一個勝利,它將創造經濟機會並提高所有領域的薪資。
《美國-墨西哥-加拿大協定》將確保美國工人的平等,並在未來幾十年為美國的繁榮做出貢獻。
《美國-墨西哥-加拿大協定》取代了四分之一世紀以前談判達成的《北美自由貿易協定》(NAFTA),這個協定是前任政府失敗的貿易政策導緻美國工作大量外流的明顯例子。
替換NAFTA來反映21世紀技術和商業變化的需求早就應該成為現實,而我們的首席談判代表和他的團隊所表現出的政治勇氣以切實完成這項工作而應受到讚揚。
然而,《美國-墨西哥-加拿大協定》不僅是一項改進的、互惠的貿易協議,還標誌著思維方式的巨大變化。