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President Trump could move forward with most U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement provisions without congressional approval, according to a report published on Tuesday by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.

The Trump administration's U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement implementing bill is being eyed as a potential trade-off for a pension measure that might ensure more Democratic support for the trade deal, according to a report issued this week by a conservative think tank.

House Democrats working with the Trump administration on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement say a newly announced impeachment investigation into the president is unlikely to derail USMCA in Congress.

And the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), warned Democrats against mixing the two issues.

A group of House Democrats next week will present U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer a response to the agency’s attempt to address concerns with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) said on Friday, adding that the two sides had agreed to “intensify” negotiations.

The Commerce Department and Mexican tomato growers on Thursday signed a final agreement that will suspend a U.S. antidumping investigation into fresh tomatoes from Mexico, despite reservations from the growers about an included inspection mechanism.

“There's a lot of uncertainty in this industry. And this negotiation is looking for certainty for the next four years for these workers.”

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement counterproposal to House Democrats is being kept under wraps due to national security, House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) told Inside U.S. Trade on Thursday.