Nancy Pelosi will meet with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will host President Donald Trump’s top trade official as the president faces backlash from lawmakers in both parties over his increasingly aggressive and controversial trade agenda.
Pelosi is set to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday afternoon, according to two Democratic sources. Several other top House Democrats are expected to attend the talk, including Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts.The official topic of the meeting is Trump’s new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, the USMCA.
Pelosi controls the fate of the trade deal — a successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement — which would need to be ratified by Congress. But the speaker has resisted pressure to move quickly on a vote, saying the pact won’t be considered in the House until several Democratic demands are met, including enforcement measures she wants written into the underlying deal.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Lighthizer and other administration officials have rebuffed the enforcement request, saying they will not reopen negotiations with Mexico and Canada. Senior Senate Republicans have made demands of their own, saying they won’t support the agreement until Trump lifts steel and aluminum tariffs on the two trading partners, something the president has been
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