A filing made by non-governmental organization Oceana claims the U.S. is not holding up its environmental laws regarding the protection of endangered North Atlantic right whales is moving forward.
In October 2021, Oceana filed the first-ever Submission on Enforcement Matters against the U.S. government, made under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Signed into law 2019 by then-President Donald Trump, the agreement replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement – which governed free trade between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada for two decades…