common rules and harmonized regulations that increase the speed
and global competitiveness of one another's businesses and by
driving investment and embedding value in each other's economic
success, such as creating jobs in North American communities;
and
WHEREAS, Canada and Mexico are the first-ranked and third-
ranked markets, respectively, for agriculture exports from the
United States at an estimated $20.6 billion sent to Canada and
$18.6 billion sent to Mexico, up from $8.7 billion in 1992, the
year that NAFTA was signed; and
WHEREAS, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement comes at a
time when the use of tariffs on steel and aluminum, announced by
the United States in March 2018, with a revocation of trade-
related waivers in June 2018, resulted in imposition of
retaliatory tariffs of $12.8 billion from Canada and $3 billion
in retaliatory tariffs from Mexico on products from the United
States; and
WHEREAS, In signing the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement, the three countries have agreed to make targeted
improvements to NAFTA and build on the successful partnership
and the shared competitiveness in the global marketplace in
which free, fair, open and mutually beneficial trade helps to
strengthen the economies of all countries; therefore be it
RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge:
(1) the Congress of the United States to ratify the
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade by all
countries as soon as possible;
(2) the Administration of the United States to renew
this country's original waiver on steel and aluminum tariffs
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