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Inside U.S. Trade - 07/12/2019

Kudlow: Administration waiting for Pelosi's nod before submitting USMCA bill

July 9, 2019 at 5:01 PM
Tuesday marked the first day the Trump administration could legally send a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement implementing bill to Capitol Hill, but National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said the draft legislation was unlikely to be submitted before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) gave the go-ahead. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has been working with Democrats in Congress to address their concerns with the deal before taking it to a vote. Pelosi in late June said she hoped the agreement could be...


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