USTR’s Milton: USMCA environmental obligations go beyond named pacts

Commitments to multilateral environmental accords -- like the Paris Agreement -- that are not explicitly named in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement represent an important facet of the deal’s framework for strengthening environmental protections, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Kelly Milton said last week. “The environment commitments that are contained in the USMCA do not exist in a vacuum,” Milton said on Friday during a public session of the USMCA Environment Committee. She was responding to a question...