Congressman Kind highlights phytosanitary standards for agricultural trade with Canada for USMCA

Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind says in debate on the USMCA trade deal implementing legislation that it was important to have a strong trading relationship with Mexico and Canada, the two biggest export markets but the caution colleagues that a no vote would return to the failed policy of status quo NAFTA, happy that the reformers in America would have greater access to Canada with progress on poultry and eggs, tightening sanitary and phytosanitary standards to be made on science rather than arbitrary decisions to block agriculture exports, the strongest worker protection chapter ever in a trade agreement, enhanced environmental standards to level the playing field for workers or farmers or businesses to fairly compete rather than race to the bottom.