Agreement reached on USMCA
December 10, 2019 11:13AM CST
House Democrats have announced a deal with the Trump administration to move forward with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Ways and Means Committee chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts says Democrats will support the agreement because it’s shaped by Democrats…
Neal says both sides of the talks understood the opportunity…
Neal says there is no reason for “unnecessary delays” to get the agreement to the floor of the House of Representatives, once other procedural hurdles are cleared. The announcement comes as representatives from the U.S. and Canada are in Mexico to finalize changes made to strengthen Mexican labor laws, and after nearly 160 Republicans sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling for a vote on USMCA.