; Schedule XX; WTO member The terms GATT 1994 , Schedule XX , and WTO member have the meanings given those terms in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ( 19 U.S.C. 3501 ). (4) Trade Representative The term Trade Representative means the United States Trade Representative. 222. Expansion of USMCA or establishment of other regional trade agreement (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the USMCA represents the gold standard for trade agreements, to which other trade agreements should aspire; (2) the accession of additional high-standard economies to the USMCA would represent a benefit both to the Western Hemisphere and to the United States; (3) the periodic review of the USMCA required in 2026 represents an opportunity to negotiate with USMCA countries to create an adhesion mechanism for advanced economies in the Western Hemisphere to join the USMCA; (4) Costa Rica and Uruguay, both high-income countries as defined by the World Bank, represent ideal candidates to pilot an accession process for the USMCA, due to— (A) the stated desire of those countries to join the USMCA; (B) the advanced state of the economies of those countries as determined by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and (C) the comparatively small nature of the populations and economies of those countries; (5) the United States, working closely with USMCA countries and other free trade agreement partners in the Western Hemisphere, should study the potential benefits of aligning rules of origin and allowing for cumulation in strategically selected sectors