“I would like to congratulate President Trump and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on the deal they announced today to lift Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Mexico and Canada. These tariffs were a major obstacle to finalizing President Trump’s United States Mexico Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) and the long overdue refit of NAFTA.”

“With the lifting of these tariffs, the door to Congressional approval of the USMCA is now open, and all Congressional Democrats have to do is walk through. Our country needs this new trade agreement, and the reasons Democrats give for stalling are disappearing. Congress must approve the USMCA, overhaul NAFTA, and begin a new era of fair trade with Canada and Mexico.”