White House to release text of US-Mexico NAFTA deal

By Sean Higgins

Published September 28, 2018 5:13pm ET

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White House to release text of US-Mexico NAFTA deal — President Trump arrives for a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about a trade agreement between the United States and Mexico in the Oval Office, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. | (Evan Vucci/AP)

The White House will give Congress the full text of its bilateral trade agreement with Mexico on Friday evening, the first step toward getting Congress to approve it.

The deal will be submitted even though the administration has so far been unable to get Canada to reach a new trade deal of its own. Canada’s absence will likely make obtaining congressional approval harder, due to lawmakers’ fears that it could disrupt the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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