USMCA vote may not come until autumn, Kudlow says

Published July 9, 2019 6:09pm ET



White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Tuesday that a congressional vote on President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade may not happen until the fall, something the Trump administration has previously sought to avoid.

Kudlow said he remained hopeful that a vote would happen earlier, but said that talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, were progressing and the White House would not act until Pelosi was ready.

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