Lighthizer: No ‘poison pills’ for Democrats in USMCA

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is gung-ho about the prospects of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passing Congress next year because it he says it contains no “poison pills” for Democrats. “I think it’s going to pass and I think it’s going to pass with a substantial majority,” he told reporters at a briefing on Monday. Lighthizer said the deal was never intended to be a “Republican-only agreement” and that it was designed to appeal to both parties. “That is what I...