Trade Agreement: Democrat-Led Chamber and Power Obstruction

trade agreement: Thirty-eight Democrats, two Republicans and one independent voted against the measure, according to Global Times China. The bipartisan vote came just one day after the Democrat-led chamber voted largely along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third US president in history to be impeached. The House passed the agreement in a 385-41 bipartisan vote, sending the replacement of the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA to the Senate for consideration in early next year. In a statement, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the USMCA would create tens of thousands of new jobs -- many, importantly, in manufacturing -- and increase export opportunities for American farmers, ranchers and businesses. AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the United States, said on Twitter that we are thankful to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies on the USMCA working group, who pushed to remedy numerous shortcomings contained in the original USMCA text. The new agreement represents the gold standard in US trade policy and will be the template for US trade agreements going forward, Lighthizer said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.