Pence Again Pushes For Congress To Pass NAFTA Replacement Trade Deal

Vice President Mike Pence made his latest push for the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) Tuesday at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative D.C.-based think tank.

A top legislative priority for the White House, the agreement was signed by all three countries on Nov. 30 of last year and has been stalled in Congress as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has yet to put the agreement on the calendar for a vote.

“It’s time for Congress to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement,” Pence asserted to a room full of policy experts, ambassadors, and congressmen.

Pence touted the agreement’s benefits for the American economy, pointing to a study from the U.S. International Trade Commission published earlier this year forecasting the agreement to pump up U.S. gross domestic product by nearly $70 billion and add 176,000 jobs for Americans.