Vice President Pence will travel to Canada next week to meet with Prime Minister Justin TrudeauJustin Pierre James TrudeauOn The Money: Treasury rejects Dem subpoena for Trump tax returns | Companies warn trade war about to hit consumers | Congress, White House to launch budget talks next week | Trump gets deal to lift steel tariffs on Mexico, Canada Trudeau on tariff deal: Canadian and US businesses can get back to ‘working constructively together’ Trudeau says he’s ‘deeply disappointed’ by US ‘backsliding’ on women’s rights MORE and push for adoption of the Trump administration’s renegotiated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the White House announced Monday.
Pence will deliver joint remarks with Trudeau in Ottawa on May 30, with the two leaders focusing on trade. The visit comes just days after the U.S. reached a deal to lift steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico, removing a significant roadblock for congressional approval of the new NAFTA, known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement (USMCA).
“The USMCA is not only a huge economic boon to the U.S., but is a good deal for our allies north and south of the border,” Alyssa Farah, Pence’s press secretary, said in a statement Monday. “The Vice President looks forward to meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau to discuss how to move forward swiftly to advance this critical deal.”
Pence has traveled around the U.S. in recent weeks to meet with business leaders and rally support for the trade deal. He has delivered speeches in Minnesota, Virginia, Wisconsin and Florida to tout the benefits of the USMCA.
In remarks Monday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla., Pence called on Congress to pass the trade agreement “this summer.”
But the deal must win support from Democrats, who decide whether it will come up for a vote in the House. Party members, including Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiPelosi receives John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Dems walk Trump trade tightrope Tlaib calls on Amash to join impeachment resolution MORE (D-Calif.), have said all involved parties must tighten labor and environmental standards before passage in the U.S.
President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump: ‘I will not let Iran have nuclear weapons’ Rocket attack hits Baghdad’s Green Zone amid escalating tensions: reports Buttigieg on Trump tweets: ‘I don’t care’ MORE has repeatedly railed against the 1994 NAFTA, prior to and during his time in office, calling it “perhaps the worst trade deal ever made.” The U.S. reached an agreement with Mexico and Canada in October for a revised version, the USMCA.
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