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Inside the USMCA ‘war room’: Law firm says deal needs 70-80 more Democrats on board

August 5, 2019 at 2:21 PM
The Trump administration will have to win the support of as many as 80 more Democrats to ensure passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Dickinson Wright trade lawyer Dan Ujczo tells Inside U.S. Trade, warning of a “bump and blame” scenario in which a vote on the trade deal gets pushed until after the 2020 presidential election. Ujczo, whose firm maintains a USMCA “war room,” said the whip count has been holding steady for the past six months -- between...


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