Governor Doug Ducey sent a letter to Arizona’s Congressional members Thursday, urging ratification of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The agreement, which was signed by President Trump along with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in November of last year, updates and modernizes current U.S. trade agreements with Mexico and Canada established nearly 25 years ago, known as the North American Free Trade Agreement. The modernized agreement supports mutually beneficial trade across North America, supporting free markets, more equal trade practices and greater economic growth. Arizona’s trade with Mexico and Canada creates $19 billion in combined economic impact and more than 236,000 Arizona jobs. The deadline for the U.S. International Trade Commission to release an assessment on the agreement and its economic impact is expected in April of this year and Congress will begin consideration of the agreement following the release of the assessment.
