Lawmakers begin to digest a USMCA counterproposal behind closed doors

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement counterproposal to House Democrats is being kept under wraps due to national security, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) told Inside U.S. Trade on Thursday. In August, a USMCA working group set up by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent USTR a proposal for how to address the Democrats’ concerns with the trade deal in four key areas: labor, the environment, access to medicines and enforceability. USTR...