Mexico will present the document outlining its stance for the USMCA review in early January. In the United States, the law requires this report to be submitted no later than 180 days before July 1, 2026, setting the deadline for early January. Unlike the United States, Mexico has no legal obligation to hold public consultations or submit documents. The information will be compiled into a document that Mexico plans to ready in the first days of January. Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard confirmed the end of the process following the 'Plan to Boost the Textile and Footwear Sector' event: 'Yesterday we delivered a summary document of the 30 sectoral consultations and the 32 consultations with federal entities to President Claudia Sheinbaum, but the next step will be to integrate all the material to present publicly in the first days of January, just like the United States.' The consultations began on September 17, when Mexico and the United States published official notices simultaneously, opening a period for receiving comments before the joint review scheduled for July 2026. In the Mexican case, the notice in the Official Gazette set a 60-day deadline, which expired on November 16. There will then be seven additional days for rebuttal comments before the USTR begins to formulate its position for 2026. Canada, for its part, started a week later than its trading partners and closed on November 3. The next step will be to integrate all contributions and turn them into a national report. The Secretariat of Economy closed the period of public consultations for the USMCA review this Sunday, a process over two months that allowed for the collection of comments from companies, workers, and states on the functioning of various aspects of the trade agreement. Although the president had mentioned the possibility of extending it by another 30 days, Ebrard's statements confirm that this extension was not used. The United States opened a 45-day period for comments and convened a public hearing, originally scheduled for November 17, which was rescheduled for December 3-5.
