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Pelosi: USMCA enforcement issues cannot be fixed in implementing bill

By Brett Fortnam  / April 2, 2019 at 1:37 PM
Democrats' concerns with U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement enforcement cannot be fixed in implementing legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Tuesday, suggesting that talks must be re-opened before NAFTA’s replacement can be passed by Congress. Officials from the U.S., Mexico and Canada have repeatedly said re-opening the deal is not an option. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has suggested Democrats’ concerns with the deal could be addressed in implementing legislation; Mexico’s chief NAFTA negotiator, Kenneth Smith Ramos, last week made a...

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