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Final Approval of USMCA Pushed Off to Next Year

Final Approval of USMCA Pushed Off to Next Year

Congressman Adrian Smith Photo: WNAX


Members of the US House will get a chance to vote on the USMCA trade deal this week.
Final details between the US, Canada and Mexico were worked out last week. The Senate won’t take it up until after the impeachment trial, sometime in January.

Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith says he would have liked to get it all done this year..

Smith says the major impacts may be for consumers more than agriculture…

Smith says getting this agreement may set the stage for the next one…

A tentative agreement on a Phase One deal with China was announced late last week.

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