Business Roundtable Asks Congress to Pass USMCA This Year
Cummins CEO Tom Linebarger, who chairs the Business Roundtable Trade and International Committee, released a statement on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement after the Business Roundtable hosted President Donald Trump at its quarterly board meeting on March 21. “The CEO members of Business Roundtable, who lead companies with more than 15 million employees, strongly support congressional passage of USMCA implementing legislation this year. We stand united to preserve and modernize North American trade, which supports over 12 million jobs and a strong U.S. economy," he said. The Business Roundtable will work to build the necessary support to pass that bill, he added.
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The American Association of Port Authorities, at its annual spring conference, also decided to support the USMCA, and urges that NAFTA stay in place until the new agreement is ratified. The group announced that it will be testifying at the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade hearing, titled "Trade and Labor: Creating and Enforcing Rules to Benefit American Workers," on March 26.