“As the Joint Review of the USMCA approaches, we urge you to significantly strengthen the environmental chapter and ensure its robust enforcement. We agree with you that ‘a rubberstamp of the Agreement is not in the national interest.’ The current environmental chapter enables environmental arbitrage, which puts U.S. businesses and workers at a disadvantage, encourages offshoring, and threatens our clean air and water. Strengthening the environmental chapter cannot be done by the Administration alone – it will require Congressional action – and we stand ready to work with you,” wrote the senators. Strengthening the environmental chapter cannot be done by the Administration alone – it will require Congressional action – and we stand ready to work with you. To fix the USMCA environmental chapter, we encourage a series of reforms:Create a rapid response environmental enforcement mechanism.

Source: The Guardian March 17, 2026 21:14 UTC