Five GOP senators back some House trade provisions, blast some USICA parts

Five Republican senators on Tuesday urged colleagues charged with reconciling the House’s America COMPETES Act with the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act to reach a deal on trade provisions that would more closely reflect the House bill, forged by Democrats, than its bipartisan Senate counterpart. The House passed the America COMPETES Act in February with the support of just one Republican. But Sens. Mike Braun (IN), Kevin Cramer (ND), Dan Sullivan (AK), Rick Scott (FL) and Marco Rubio (FL),...