WATCH LIVE: Pelosi announces USMCA trade pact

Dear PNWER Friends,

Check out the latest from PBS News Hour about the USMCA!

PBS News Hour, December 10 th, 2019

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, (D-1st, Oregon) Member of the USMCA House Work Group speaking about the agreement to move forward on ratification of USMCA.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced agreement on a modified North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a major Capitol Hill win on the very same day that Democrats announced their impeachment charges against him.

Pelosi said it was a “victory for America’s workers.”

Just before she announced her support, Trump said the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will “be great” for the United States.

“It will be the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA. Good for everybody – Farmers, Manufacturers, Energy, Unions – tremendous support. Importantly, we will finally end our Country’s worst Trade Deal, NAFTA!,” the president said in a tweet.

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-pelosi-expected-to-announce-usmca-trade-pact

Below are links to what business and state leaders around the region are saying about USMCA:

Alaska

Governor Mike Dunleavy -

https://mustreadalaska.com/time-to-ratify-u-s-mexico-canada-agreement/

Idaho

Governor Brad Little - https://gov.idaho.gov/pressrelease/opinion-congress-must-approve-trumps-trade-agreement-with-canada-and-mexico/

Montana

PNWER President, Sen. Mike Cuffe - https://flatheadbeacon.com/2019/10/10/approve-usmca-trade-agreement/

Montana Resolution - https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SJ0013.pdf

Oregon

Portland Business Alliance - https://portlandalliance.com/advocacy/policy/2019-07-10/why-the-us-mexico-canada-agreement-matters-for-oregon.html

Gary Roth - https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2019/10/opinion-lets-get-off-the-sidelines-and-pass-new-trade-pact-with-mexico-canada.html

Oregon Farm Bureau - https://oregonfb.org/trade2019/

Washington State

Gary Locke- https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6098767141001/#sp=show-clips

Sen. Maria Cantwell - https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cantwell-highlights-importance-of-trade-with-mexico-opportunities-to-increase-washington-exports

Rep. Dan Newhouse - https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/466276-from-state-ag-departments-to-congress-our-farmers-need-the-usmca

Washington Council on International Trade - https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/washington-state-has-much-at-stake-in-trade-deal-with-canada-mexico/

The U.S. and Canada have the largest trading relationship in the world and it is incredibly important to the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest benefits from two-way Canada-U.S. trade valued in 2017 at over $541 billion USD ($630 billion CAD) annually. The Pacific Northwest alone accounts for about $22.6 billion USD ($29 billion CAD) in two-way trade. Our integrated supply chains depend on the certainty which will come from ratification of the Agreement.

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