A letter signed by 124 organizations representing the American food and agricultural value chain, was filed October 30, 2025 to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. 

In it, they voiced support for a full 16-year renewal of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement in the public consultation process for the 2026 Joint Review of the USMCA. Significantly, the letter said: “ Trade cooperation between the United States, Mexico, and Canada affords multifold benefits, underscoring the need to uphold and maintain the agreement text of USMCA as written without major adjustment.”

A key point of the letter: "The United States is the world's largest agricultural exporter, and a majority of signers consider Canada and Mexico among their top five export markets. Trade integration between all three countries, enhanced by former trade agreements and accelerated by the USMCA, has allowed agricultural exports from the United States to soar."

The leaders from all three countries must consider whether to extend the USMCA and are required to begin the review by July 2026. If they fail to extend the agreement, it will automatically expire in 2036, and annual reviews could commence. The letter's signatories are concerned that countries could pull out during a prolonged period of debate on extending the agreement. 

Trade cooperation between the three countries affords multifold benefits. USMCA has not only helped fuel the U.S. economy, but it has also facilitated and streamlined the flow of commerce throughout all three countries, the letter argued. 

Since USMCA was originally signed into law by President Trump on Nov. 30, 2018, it has created efficiencies in the agricultural sector at a cost savings to American farmers, producers and ranchers. The agreement has also provided regulatory transparency among countries and ensured science-based treatment of agricultural commodities and products to the benefit of animal and plant health, which have worked well for U.S. exporters. 


The letter also argued U.S. agricultural exporters and family farms depend on the stability of USMCA to factor into their multi-year planning.

To read the letter, link here: https://dt176nijwh14e.cloudfront.net/file/832/FINAL%20Ag%20Industry%20Letter%20Supporting%20USMCA%20V2.pdf

Source: AgriMarketing November 3, 2025