US Mexico Canada trade deal

The Brown-Wyden provision is part of the U.S. Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement which was approved two years ago.

After months of negotiation, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) on Friday announced his support for the new NAFTA trade deal, also known as the U.S. Mexico…

President Trump is threatening to close the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a recent surge of people crossing illegally. In speaking to reporters about the proposal this past weekend, he said a shutdown could include “all trade.” Such a move would have a significant impact on Ohio, which has Mexico as its second-largest trading partner after Canada.

The new trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada offered some rare good news for struggling domestic dairy farmers. The deal would give U.S. farmers more access to the protected Canadian dairy market. The change is similar to a provision in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade pact canceled by the Trump administration, according to Ohio State University professor Ian Sheldon.