Biden aides scramble on trade pact some Democrats fear could help Trump
Biden advisers are reviewing the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as the USMCA, a new version of the North American Free Trade Agreement that was negotiated by President Donald Trump.
His aides said he plans to make his position public before Election Day. The agreement won lopsided support from both parties in a vote by the House last December, and its prospects of final passage in an evenly divided Senate are unclear. Joe Biden’s campaign staff is in a rush to evaluate the details of the USMCA negotiated by Trump in order to decide if Biden should embrace it or not and to avoid any backfires before the election. The USMCA has been approved by the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. However, it is uncertain whether the agreement will also be passed in the evenly divided Senate. It is important that Biden makes his position clear before December.