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A new wrench has been thrown into U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement negotiations between Mexican Under Secretary for North America Jesús Seade and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, a key lawmaker told reporters on Thursday.
The inclusion of Section 230-like language in trade agreements has sparked bipartisan pushback in Congress.
Republican lawmakers on Wednesday expressed concern about reports the Trump administration is willing to give up language on protections for biologic drugs in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, but one ardent supporter of strong data exclusivity provisions in trade deals suggested the move would not affect his support for USMCA.
Mexican Senate Majority Leader Ricardo Monreal, called U.S. labor demands “unacceptable for national sovereignty.”
Farmers for Free Trade sent a letter to congressional leaders on Tuesday urging quick ratification of the deal.
A major Mexican business group this week contended that some labor proposals recently advanced by Washington to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will do the opposite and pledged to support countermoves by the Mexican government if necessary.
“As it is, the window of opportunity for 2019 is extremely tight.”
The Mexican government has received U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement proposals crafted by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and a group of House Democrats, Mexico’s chief trade negotiator said on Wednesday, adding that he initially had found them acceptable.
Lawmakers identified include Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), a member of the House Ways & Means trade subcommittee and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN).
A group of outside advisers to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is calling for more robust cybersecurity and information communications technology accords between the U.S. and Japan.
Mexico and Canada must be informed of any deal struck in the U.S.
Mexico and Canada must be informed of any deal struck in the U.S.
The House’s “complete focus” on impeachment could leave USMCA behind, the Senate Finance Committee Chairman said.
The House’s “complete focus” on impeachment could leave USMCA behind, the Senate Finance Committee Chairman said.
An addendum to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement outlining accords struck by the Trump administration and a group of House Democrats will close a loophole that allows the blocking of dispute-settlement panels, a senior Mexican official told Inside U.S. Trade, warning that other enforcement approaches could result in the deal’s rejection.
In securing an initial deal with Japan, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative did not meet several of the negotiating objectives required by law, according to an advisory group that includes representatives from states, counties and municipal governments.
President Trump on Monday said the speaker “should put it up for a vote because, at some point pretty soon, you're going to have Canada and you're going have Mexico say, 'What's going on? Send the agreement back. Let's not make the deal.'”