North American Free Trade Agreement

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has yet to receive a letter on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement promised by Mexican President t Andrés Manuel López Obrador last week, Pelosi told Inside U.S. Trade on Wednesday.

A new digital taxation proposal in Mexico’s 2020 budget plans could threaten U.S. investments in the country’s tech market, lead to double taxation and run afoul of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to a coalition of technology groups.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has declined a House Energy and Commerce Committee invitation to testify next week about the trade implications of a provision in the Communications Decency Act that protects internet service providers and other companies that host third-party content, according to a committee spokesman.

A premature vote, he said, would be a “colossal mistake.”

The proposed budget cut to Mexico’s Labor Ministry in 2020 is not an accurate reflection of the resources Mexico is dedicating to implement labor reform laws called for in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a top Mexican official said on Thursday in response to concerns raised by lawmakers and labor groups in the U.S.

“When Pelosi says she wants to get to yes, she wants to get to yes,” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said Friday.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters on Wednesday she is committed to resolving issues with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement despite an impeachment probe into President Trump -- a position Trump reduced to a “camouflage for trying to win an election.”

The U.S. business community will not let lawmakers link the push to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to the impeachment process that House Democrats have initiated, U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials said on Tuesday, suggesting the deal's passage could serve as a sign from both sides that they can still legislate despite the divisive proceedings.