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Trump Pushes Congress to Pass USMCA as AFL-CIO Steps on Brakes

Reuters

   U.S. President Donald Trump and top administration officials on Tuesday
   renewed pressure on Congress to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA)
   trade agreement, after a major U.S. labor leader on Monday said there
   was more work to do on the deal.

   The White House has dismissed House Democrats' efforts to shore up
   enforcement of the trade agreement's labor and environmental
   provisions, which are key union concerns, as purely political.

   On Tuesday, Trump accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of being unable to
   get the bill "off her desk," while claiming Democrats, unions and
   farmers were in favor. "She's using USMCA, because she doesn't have the
   impeachment votes," the president said, without evidence.

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