Neal ‘hopeful’ trade deals with UK, Kenya will be considered by Congress this year

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) hopes U.S. trade agreements with the United Kingdom and Kenya will be concluded and sent to Capitol Hill for review this year, he said on Tuesday. The Trump administration launched trade negotiations with London and Nairobi last year under the tenets of the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority law, which provides the administration with objectives to follow in negotiations and allows the White House to submit deals to Congress for up-or-down votes...