Federal shutdown stalled key report White House needed to replace NAFTA

The federal government shutdown that began in December complicating President Trump’s push to get the U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement on trade through Congress. A key federal report related to the deal that must be sent to Congress has been delayed because the federal agency that was preparing it had its staff furloughed for the 35 days of the shutdown.

“We halted all of our investigations and open matters,” Jennifer Andberg, director of external relations for the International Trade Commission, told the Washington Examiner.