USMCA Mock Markup in Senate to Come Jan. 7
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said the committee will hold a mock markup of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Jan. 7. “This markup will move us closer to ratifying USMCA in early 2020,” Grassley said Dec. 20. “Farmers, manufacturers and all American workers will soon be able to benefit from a stronger and modernized trade agreement with Canada and Mexico.”
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The mock markup cannot change anything about the implementing bill, under fast track rules. A Senate vote could be delayed by weeks, as the Senate majority leader says it will have to wait until after the impeachment trial, which is expected to take at least two weeks. However, the timing of the impeachment trial is not yet clear, as Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have not agreed on whether witnesses should testify.