Pelosi: No vote on new NAFTA until Mexico changes labor laws
Source: Politico
By SABRINA RODRIGUEZ 04/02/2019 10:04 AM EDT
Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated on Tuesday the House will not consider President Donald Trump’s new North American trade pact until after Mexico has passed and implemented its major labor law reforms.
In an interview with POLITICO Playbook, the California Democrat explained that Mexico must pass labor law reforms required under the replacement deal for NAFTA — and she wants to see the implementation before the House considers backing the new deal, a top Trump administration legislative priority.
“Unless you do this, we can’t even consider it. ... We have to see that [Mexico passes] the legislation, that they have the factors in place that will make sure it’s implemented and they demonstrate some commitments in sincerity, because it’s a big issue how workers are treated in Mexico,” she said.
Pelosi’s comments are her clearest indication yet the deal will not face a quick vote in Congress, despite the Trump administration’s desire to get it passed by summer. In recent months, the administration has been increasing its efforts to get the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passed ahead of the 2020 elections.
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closing the entire southern border, then I would suppose the "Mexico" part of the "new NAFTA" would be irrelevant because all trade would stop. 
