U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday conditioned her su...
WASHINGTON - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday conditioned her support for a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal on better enforcement of its labor provisions, defying pressure by the Trump administration to get the deal done quickly.
“We can reach an agreement on USMCA when the Trade Representative makes the new NAFTA agreement enforceable for America’s workers,” Pelosi said in a joint statement with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal after the two Democrats met with Trumka. House Democrats say they are trying to shore up enforcement of the trade deal’s environmental and labor provisions, but Trump has accused Democrats of stalling approval for purely political reasons to avoid handing him any kind of victory.
Trumka told union members on Monday that NAFTA had been “a disaster for working people,” and while there had been some progress in negotiations with the White House, USMCA was not ready for passage. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross argued on Tuesday that the agreement included much tighter environmental provisions and worker protections than any previous U.S. trade agreement.
The House Ways and Means Committee’s Neal also sounded upbeat earlier in the day, telling reporters House Democrats had narrowed their differences with the Trump administration and adding, “We all have the end zone in sight.”
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