DEMS/NAFTA/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday [10-17-19] that negotiations between the Trump administration and Democrats working to secure changes to the new North American trade pact are close to wrapping up, stressing that Democrats’ top concern is enforcing the deal. Democrats moved at least one step forward in their ongoing negotiations on Thursday when they received a letter from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledging to fully implement sweeping labor forms required under the new agreement. House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, who leads the nine-member USMCA working group, called the letter a ‘significant step in the right direction’ but maintained there is more work to be done on the issue.”
–Sabrina Rodriguez and Megan Cassella, “Democrats, Trump administration getting closer on USMCA,” Politico, October 17, 2019 6:18 pm