Some White House officials are aware that lawmakers are considering the tactic, but they have not yet decided how to respond. Otherwise, they said, the pending trade deal known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, will probably fail. White House officials remained insistent on Monday that they won’t change course. At that point, in the heat of a presidential campaign, many lawmakers think passing a massive trade deal would become all but impossible. Sensing the danger, the White House started damage control on Monday, though without showing signs of backpedaling.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2019 00:26 UTC