{"id":6867,"date":"2019-12-30T06:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T06:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2019-12-30T06:53:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T06:53:15","slug":"us-house-passes-north-american-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/us-house-passes-north-american-trade-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"US House passes North American trade deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The US House of Representatives approved a new North\nAmerican trade deal that includes tougher labour and automotive content rules\nbut leaves $1.2 trillion in annual US-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged.\nThe House passed legislation to implement the US-Mexico Canada Agreement\n(USMCA) 385-41, with 38 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent member\nvoting no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal with the Trump administration, Canada and Mexico to\nstrengthen labor enforcement provisions and eliminate some drug patent\nprotections. This modernized trade deal between our North American trading\npartners will strengthen the US auto industry and the auto manufacturing supply\nchain. The changes negotiated by Democrats which include modestly tighter\nenvironmental rules will also set up a mechanism to quickly investigate labor\nrights abuses at Mexican factories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US House of Representatives approved a new North American trade deal that includes tougher labour and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual US-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. The House passed legislation to implement the US-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) 385-41, with 38 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent member voting no. 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