Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated the House will not consider President Trump’s new North American trade pact until after Mexico has passed and implemented its major labor law reforms
Some House Democrats have already expressed a desire to reopen the agreement to make changes tied to enforceability of its labor and environmental standards. Democrats also have expressed concern about provisions they say could lock in high prescription drug prices.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Pelosi signaled that she agrees changes must be made to the text of USMCA to ensure it is enforceable. “We’re saying that enforcement has to be in the treaty, not in the implementing legislation,” she said. Implementing legislation, the bill that Congress passes to enact a trade deal, “only bears on how we act. It doesn’t have to bear on how all three countries act,” she explained.“We have to see the evidence of what’s happening, not only that they pass the bill [in Mexico], but that they implement the policy,” she said.
The administration of Mexico’s new populist leader, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has indicated it plans to pass the necessary legislation before its Congress goes on recess at the end of April. Still, some lawmakers and U.S. labor leaders are
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