Trump promises farmers more aid as USMCA ratification delayed

Published February 21, 2020 4:36pm ET



President Trump promised an unspecified amount of additional federal aid to farmers on Friday if the economic benefits of the various international trade deals he has negotiated in recent months are slow to materialize.

The president’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement has yet to be ratified by Canada, where it is facing some resistance in Parliament that could delay the deal from going into effect for several weeks. The deal would replace the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement.

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