In particular, we urge you to negotiate provisions targeting offshoring and threats to economic security; adopt new environmental protections; secure new commitments to strengthen worker rights; and ensure fair and effective enforcement of commitments already made.
Negotiate provisions targeting offshoring and threats to economic security, including incentives to support U.S. jobs and disincentives for corporations that offshore jobs.
Occurrences
Evidence
The members urged the administration to update the agreement to address offshoring, worker rights, environmental protections, economic security and enforcement of existing commitments. The letter says House Democrats want “new tools” so U.S. enterprises have incentives to support a large U.S. workforce and “disincentives for corporations that offshore existing jobs as part of a strategy of regulatory or wage arbitrage.”
Sánchez introduced the Trade Adjustment Assistance Modernization Act. The release says Trade Adjustment Assistance helps workers hurt by “unfair trade policies or corporate outsourcing that seeks to exploit low wages and poor conditions abroad,” and that the program provides job training, income support, health care assistance and reemployment services.
USTR said the groups discussed gaps in key North American supply chains and policy options to address those gaps, including through increased cooperation on economic security, rules of origin, and complementary trade actions.
Sanchez and other Ways and Means Democrats urged USTR to update USMCA to address offshoring, economic security, worker rights, and enforcement, and to create incentives for U.S. jobs with disincentives for companies that offshore jobs.
USTR said technical teams would review options to increase U.S. and Mexican production and manufacturing employment and discussed economic security, rules of origin, and complementary trade actions ahead of the USMCA Joint Review.
Sanchez introduced legislation to renew Trade Adjustment Assistance, a worker-support program aimed at people displaced by unfair trade policies or corporate outsourcing.
Assessments
The evidence shows Linda T. Sanchez took concrete same-term action aligned with the promise: she publicly urged USTR during the USMCA review to pursue anti-offshoring and economic-security provisions, including incentives for U.S. jobs and disincentives for offshoring, and she introduced related worker-support legislation. But the record provided does not show that those requested trade provisions were actually negotiated into a final agreement or otherwise adopted. Because she remains in office and the relevant federal review process was still active in 2026, this is better treated as an ongoing effort without a completed outcome rather than a failure or full delivery.
The evidence shows Linda T. Sánchez took concrete actions aligned with the promise: she publicly urged the administration during the USMCA review to add provisions addressing offshoring, economic security, incentives for U.S. jobs, and disincentives for corporations that offshore jobs. She also introduced related legislation to aid workers harmed by outsourcing. However, the record provided does not show that these requested provisions were actually adopted or that a negotiated agreement was completed with the promised outcomes in place. Because there was meaningful effort and issue advancement but no demonstrated completed policy delivery, the best judgment is partial fulfillment in the same term.