A Pelosi-shaped cloud over Trump's NAFTA 2.0 chances

[Judi Lynn]

Jonathan Swan 53 mins ago
A Pelosi-shaped cloud over Trump's NAFTA 2.0 chances

Nancy Pelosi has more power than anybody to decide whether Trump gets Congress' approval to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement with his renegotiated United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. And the signs Republicans are seeing from the speaker are not filling them with hope.

Driving the news: Last week, Pelosi told Politico's Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer that Mexico needed to pass labor law reforms before the House could even consider Trump's replacement to NAFTA. And now, per a source who shared the invitation with me, Pelosi has invited AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to her speaker's meeting on Wednesday to present on the USMCA.

Some Republicans close to the process are taking that as an ominous sign. Trumka "is pushing for changes and Mexico to not only pass but 'implement' labor law changes," said one of these sources.

"They may be trying to slow walk this thing to death. The longer this takes, the harder it will be with 2020 Dem primary's full swing right around the corner."

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https://www.axios.com/nancy-pelosi-nafta-usmca-congress-ratify-22e8f9e0-1a67-494c-bf20-b67c7cc7cf35.html

[Dawson Leery]

1. Democrats MUST say no for one simple reason:

Trump must be DENIED ANY CLAIMS OF A VICTORY!

The GOP blocked us for eight years, the end result gave them control of the Presidency and both chambers of the Congress.

Return the favor.