It is reported that Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, said recently that the stalled usmca is expected to get approval from the U.S. House this year. The agreement will drive more businesses to sell products across the U.S. - Canada and the US Mexico border, according to the retail trade organization.
This is because the agreement will enable Mexico and Canada to raise their minimum value levels of goods, namely, the minimum value of imports under customs and customs documents. Mexico doubled the ceiling from $50 to $100, while Canada doubled the ceiling from $20 ($15.13) to $40 ($30.25). The trade agreement also means that Canadian consumers do not have to pay tariffs on cross-border online orders of $150 (US $113.44) and below, while Mexican consumers do not have to pay tariffs on cross-border online orders of $117 and below.
Jonathan gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the U. For small and medium-sized enterprises in the United States, it will be a very important impact to raise the minimum limit with major trading partners such as Mexico and Canada. These SMEs often lack resources to pay tariffs and taxes and bear the increased compliance costs of lower trade restrictions, which are often borne by small and medium-sized enterprises due to their small trade volume. New businesses that have just entered the Mexican and Canadian markets will also benefit from these lower costs to reach consumers. Logistics companies in the United States will deliver many low value goods for these traders and will benefit from lower costs and higher efficiency.
The agreement will also update customs procedures. For example, it would make goods less than $2500 "express shipments" that needed to simplify paperwork. In addition, each country is required to publish its laws, regulations, contact information, tariffs, taxes and other costs online.
Other key terms of the agreement:
Data storage. Usmca is the first U.S. trade agreement that prohibits retailers and other businesses collecting citizen data from other countries from storing it in their respective countries.
Digital product protection. The new digital trade clause prohibits tariffs on digital products such as e-books, videos, music, software and games. It ensures that suppliers are not limited in using electronic authentication or electronic signatures, thereby facilitating digital transactions and ensuring that enforceable consumer protection measures (including privacy and unsolicited communications) are applicable to the sale of digital products.
Intellectual property protection. The new IP provisions are more strict in protecting patents and trademarks, covering the whole industry, beyond the scope of the original agreement.
据悉，美国众议院议长Nancy Pelosi近日表示，陷入僵局的USMCA（美国-墨西哥-加拿大协定）预计今年将获得美国众议院的批准。据零售贸易组织预计，该协议将带动更多商家在美国-加拿大和美国-墨西哥边境销售产品。
这是因为该协议将使墨西哥和加拿大提高其最低货物价值水平，即关税和海关文件规定的进口货物最低值。墨西哥将最低限价从50美元提高1倍至100美元，加拿大将最低限价从20加元（约合15.13美元）提高1倍至40加元（30.25美元）。该贸易协定还意味着加拿大消费者不必为150加元（113.44美元）及以下的跨境在线订单支付关税，而墨西哥消费者不必为117美元及以下的跨境在线订单支付关税。
美国零售联盟负责供应链和海关政策的副总裁Jonathan Gold表示，尽管最低限额的增长幅度低于美国的期望，但这将使网上订单更容易跨境运输，并可能鼓励一些零售商开始跨境销售。对美国中小企业来说，提高与墨西哥、加拿大等主要贸易伙伴的最低限额将是一个非常重要的影响。这些中小企业往往缺乏资源来支付关税和税款，并承担着较低贸易限制水平所增加的合规成本，而中小企业往往因其贸易额较小而承担这些成本。刚进入墨西哥和加拿大市场的新商家也将受益于这些较低的成本，以接触消费者。美国物流公司将为这些贸易商运送许多低价值的货物，也将通过降低成本和提高效率而受益。
该协议还将更新海关工作程序。例如，它将使低于2500美元的货物可成为需要简化文书工作的“express shipments”（快件）。此外，还要求每个国家在网上公布其法律、法规、联系信息、关税、税收和其他费用。
协议中的其他关键条款：
数据存储。USMCA是第一个禁止其他国家要求零售商和其他收集公民数据的企业在其各自的国家中存储该数据的美国贸易协定。
数字产品保护。新的数字贸易条款禁止对电子书、视频、音乐、软件和游戏等数字产品征收关税。它确保供应商在使用电子认证或电子签名时不受限制，从而促进数字交易，并确保适用于数字产品销售的可执行的消费者保护措施（包括隐私和未经请求的通讯）。
知识产权保护。新的知识产权条款对专利和商标的保护更加严格，涵盖了整个行业，超出了原协议的范围。