Our most-read: Two deals at or near the finish line

USMCA: Step-by-step toward approval . The first full week of 2020 moved the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement closer to its now seemingly inevitable conclusion, as the Senate Finance Committee cleared implementing legislation. Before reaching a floor vote, the bill will be subject to a series of markups in committees that have jurisdiction over areas covered by portions of the bill, though it cannot be amended. Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said a full Senate vote wasn’t likely this week (beginning Jan...