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USMCA May Fall Victim to Partisan Conflict

USMCA May Fall Victim to Partisan Conflict
President Donald Trump (L) speaks at the White House on Nov. 25, 2019. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images); House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks to the media during her weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 21, 2019. Alex Edelman/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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WASHINGTON—With just a few legislative days left until the end of the year and a busy impeachment and fiscal agenda, the ratification of the new free trade deal with Canada and Mexico may slip into 2020.

The dispute over the provisions of the new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) escalated after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Nov. 21 raised doubts about the possibility of approving the accord before the end of this year.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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