If a deal on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is not reached by the end of this week, “I do not see how the USMCA can be ratified in the year we are in,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said on AgriTalk radio and on the Senate floor.
“By all accounts, the deal is close,” Grassley said. “I urge House Democrats to act quickly and be reasonable so that we can finally deliver certainty on this issue to the American people.”
Grassley said he has recently been in touch with both House lawmakers and members of the Trump administration.
He said once the agreement is in place between House Democrats and the administration, the process of getting the legislative language to Congress and consideration of the pact in both the House and Senate could happen in a relatively short timeframe.
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