The U.S. poultry and egg industry lost its competitiveness to other countries when the United States pulled out of The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), says Dr. Paul Aho, economist and consultant, Poultry Perspective, at the 2019 IPPE. The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) is no better than NAFTA and producers may not see more profitability if it’s approved by the three countries.