The statement made by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer previously that the administration will not send the implementing language to Congress for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says to do so still stands, according to National Economic Council (NEC) Director Larry Kudlow.
In an interview Tuesday, Kudlow said, “Lighthizer has said that we will submit formal legislation when she gives the green light on the vote.” Kudlow also spoke positively about Pelosi’s efforts so far to work with the administration on concerns Democrats have with the trade deal. "I think it will happen sometime this summer, hopefully," Kudlow said. "It could stretch onto the autumn but I think it will be sooner than that. It is up to her, not me."
Meanwhile, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said while he would like to see the USMCA voted on before the August congressional recess, he told reporters Tuesday that he is okay with a vote coming in the fall. He said that whenever the House sends the legislation to implement the language to the Senate, they will pass it easily.
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