Grassley: Administration should ‘reconsider’ June 1 USMCA entry-into-force date

The Trump administration “would be wise to reconsider” its plan for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to enter into force on June 1, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said on Monday after the auto industry argued against it. “And I think the administration would be wise to reconsider and show some flexibility for the sake of our economy,” he told reporters on a conference call. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told members of Congress of the June 1 plan last...