Top U.S. trade official submits USMCA ideas to Democrats

The Trump administration on Wednesday sent U.S. House of Representatives Democrats its latest proposals for addressing legislators' concerns about the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, lawmakers and congressional sources said.

Democrats are reviewing the proposals, a spokeswoman for the House Ways and Means Committee said, without providing any details...

The long-awaited response from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer sets the stage for weeks of intense negotiations before a congressional vote on the agreement that will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Democrats, who control the House, said they would decide on next steps after reviewing the administration's response to the written recommendations they had submitted in July on how to strengthen the proposed trade pact...

This was excerpted from 12 September 2019 edition of CBC News.