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Senator says enforcement is key now that USMCA is in place

With the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement fully in place, members of Congress are stressing the importance of strong enforcement.

Minnesota U.S. Senator Tina Smith tells Brownfield the spirit and letter of USMCA must be adhered to.

“I know we’re already worried about how that’s unfolding with Canada and some of the steps that they’re already taking it looks like to limit access to dairy products. So we need to just continue to push on that.”

Smith, a Democrat and member of the Senate Ag Committee, calls USMCA a bipartisan agreement that was improved when Congress got involved in negotiations.

“It expands and increases access to markets for Minnesota and the United States’ agricultural products, especially potentially in dairy and in grain.”

Smith says having USMCA fully implemented provides much needed certainty at a time when farmers and ranchers are under enormous stress.