Cornyn: No mock markup for USMCA, which will ‘pre-empt’ Senate input

The Senate Finance Committee will not hold a mock markup of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement implementing bill, trade subcommittee Chairman John Cornyn (R-TX) said on Thursday, lamenting what he called a break from decades of precedent. Cornyn took aim at both U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and House Democrats in remarks to reporters. “My concern is mainly that the ambassador and the administration had been working with [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)] and they're going to introduce the draft [implementing] bill,...