Mounting uncertainty over the $2 trillion US-Mexico-Canada trade deal’s future is sparking an uptick in Washington lobbying.
Big tech companies, automakers, pharmaceutical and other manufacturers, agriculture interests, and others are beginning a round of outreach to the administration and Capitol Hill on the economic importance of the deal. The administration has kicked off a review period ahead of July 1 when the countries are supposed to decide whether to carry on with the deal, renegotiate it, or even exit it.
Questions about the agreement’s fate will inject more volatility next year into an already robust fight with tariffs and trade ...