Wall Street Journal on edging closer to a new NAFTA, USMCA trade deal. Citing people familiar with the negotiations:
- House Democrats and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are nearing a deal for Congress to pass a modified U.S. trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
- though hurdles remain
- have narrowed differences over key sticking points in recent days
- biggest divide is over revising the agreement on the enforcement of labor rules
- (ps, posted on this earlier, here: NAFTA - Mexican Foreign Minister says will not accept US labor inspections in USMCA)
Here is the link for more. Journal may be gated.
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If USMCA took this long, how long with a phase one agreement with China take?
