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title: Bipartisan Senate Coalition Calls on USTR to Preserve USMCA
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# Bipartisan Senate Coalition Calls on USTR to Preserve USMCA

##### May 18, 2026

A bipartisan group of more than 40 US senators sent a letter last week to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, calling for the preservation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The letter highlights the significant growth in U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico since the agreement entered into force — a critical concern for the leather and hide industry, which depends on open, stable trading relationships with its closest neighbors.

Read the letter [here](https://www.young.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/USTR-USMCA-and-Ag-FINAL-2026.04.15.pdf?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9XR7LRdtSJH1HXzUHqnYWOLnt2ZzKuEWPf2o_zjPP9sqZ9itJ2jonb7mF54CeeupwKschkUenVqvPPS5SOikzaUCEbAw&_hsmi=414979474&utm_content=414979474&utm_source=hs_email).

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