The Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States and Canada[1], commonly known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), is a free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States to succeed NAFTA. [2] [3] [4] The agreement was referred to as “NAFTA 2.0″[5][6][7] or “New NAFTA”[8][9] because many nafta provisions were included and its amendments were considered largely incremented. On July 1, 2020, the USMCA came into effect in all member states. With the Merida Initiative, the United States and Mexico have established a partnership to combat transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, while strengthening human rights and the rule of law. .