Business Groups Press Every ‘US Senator and Representative’ to Pass USMCA

Farmer Bill Sorg with his cows in his dairy farm in Hastings, Minn., on Oct. 3, 2018. KEREM YUCEL/AFP/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—As Congress heads to a long recess, lobbying efforts for the new U.S.–Mexico–Canada (USMCA) trade agreement are kicking into high gear in Washington.

More than 600 national and local trade associations representing the U.S. business and agriculture communities sent a letter to Congress, urging lawmakers to approve the new trade agreement swiftly.