Democrats resist vote on Trump USMCA deal despite Mexico’s labor reforms

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Democratic leaders resisted calls from President Trump Tuesday to allow Congress to vote on his U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade, despite Mexico’s passage this week of labor reforms they’d had long demanded as part of the deal.

The Democrats said they were still concerned about whether that Mexico would live up to its promises, indicating a vote on the trade deal may still be a ways off.

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