Pro-Trump Group Spending $1 Million on Ads Boosting NAFTA Replacement

(L-R) Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, and United States Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer gather for a trilateral meeting at Global Affairs on the final day of the third round of the NAFTA renegotiations in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 27, 2017. LARS HAGBERG/AFP/Getty Images

A conservative nonprofit is rolling out a $1 million ad campaign on Oct. 14 to push the Congress to approve the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), the new name for the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The deal includes labor provisions long-sought by Democrats. Combined with Republican support for the president, Congressional approval should be a breeze, but little is certain in the current political climate, according to Curtis Ellis, a senior policy advisor for America First Policies (AFP), the group behind the ad campaign.