Grassley knocks link of pension bill to USMCA

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement ratification efforts should not be linked to multiemployer pension legislation to ensure more Democratic support for the trade deal, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said on Tuesday, addressing an idea under consideration by House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA). “I’d like to see the two issues handled entirely separately,” Grassley told reporters, adding that he had not spoken with Neal about it. Neal, who is leading a group of House Democrats negotiating USMCA...