The pandemic has surged a need for reform to USMCA
Meltzer 21 - (Joshua Meltzer is a Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution and an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law School and at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington D.C.) September 2021, "Developing a roadmap for USMCA success”, Global Economy and Development at Brookings, https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Developing-roadmap-USMCA.pdf //mish
The importance of USMCA for regional economic relations is amplified by growing geopolitical competition with China and the COVID-19 pandemic. This competition is over whether China will develop the world’s largest and most innovative economy in this century with attendant military prowess, or whether the U.S., and the West more broadly, will retain its economic lead and dynamism. These tensions are leading to calls to reduce North America’s economic reliance on China. The pandemic has also underscored the importance of expanding and deepening resilient supply chains, of which reshoring activities within North America will be vital to the region’s economic health and sustainability. USMCA presents an opportunity for the three countries—U.S., Mexico, and Canada—to “build back better” and leverage the region’s collective talents, capital, and expertise to develop a more competitive, sustainable, and inclusive North American economy, which can rival some of its fiercest competitors. Ideally, USMCA will also provide a sustainable framework for the region to work as key partners on important and forward-looking issues.