The Senate is scheduled to vote on a major rewrite of trade rules with Canada and Mexico.
WASHINGTON – The Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on a major rewrite of trade rules with Canada and Mexico and, if it passes, it will head to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The bill approving the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is anticipated to garner the same kind of broad bipartisan support the trade measure received when USMCATrump and the leaders of both parties strongly support the measure, proving that Congress can still unite when it wants to even during theThe new agreement would replace rules for moving products among the three countries first crafted under the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which essentially eliminated tariffs on...
Democrats and Republicans have hailed the USMCA pact – a top legislative priority for Trump – as a victory for American farmers and workers and said it could serve as a model for trade agreements. Trump relentlessly ridiculed NAFTA as the “worst trade deal ever” when he was running for president three years ago, arguing it put American workers at a competitive disadvantage. Other critics, including Democrats, conceded NAFTA was outdated and needed to be revised.
The measure is supported by a wide array of senators, including conservatives who back free trade and liberals such as Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren who applaud the stiffer worker protections that were lacking in NAFTA.
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