U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that he was optimistic about the prospects of getting the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passed
President Donald Trump’s trade chief on Tuesday praised an unlikely figure on the other side of the Capitol: Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Senate Republicans left the lunch with renewed hope about the prospects of the new trade pact with Mexico and Canada, which only weeks ago was on life support.on Friday to lift onerous tariffs the president had placed on steel and aluminum with the two partner nations. In turn, Canada and Mexico removed the counter-tariffs they had slapped on more than $15 billion in U.S. exports, including many agricultural products important to Midwestern states.
Lighthizer is “still negotiating with Speaker Pelosi and he thinks there is a sincere interest in the House on trying to get this done and so hopefully they can find a way to get it passed by the House,” said Senate Majority Whip John Thune.
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