Steve Scalise warns Canada to deal on trade or get left behind

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., warned Canada Tuesday that the Republican leadership will not wait much longer before it pushes forward with consideration of President Trump’s trade deal with Mexico. Many in Congress have been wary of voting on the deal if it doesn’t have Canada’s approval because it rewrites sections of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

U.S. and Canadian negotiators have been meeting in Washington over the last three weeks in an attempt to reach an agreement, but have not produced a breakthrough. Scalise said that the GOP leadership’s patience had a limit.