Ex-GOP lawmaker Erik Paulsen joins USMCA lobbying effort

Published May 1, 2019 5:28pm ET



Former Minnesota Republican congressman Erik Paulsen announced on Wednesday he had joined the Pass USMCA Coalition, an ad-hoc group of trade associations lobbying Congress to pass President Trump’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade.

The White House is waiting on Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to schedule a vote on the deal, but the speaker has resisted on the grounds that there are still concerns with its enforcement mechanisms.

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