It seemed, more than a year after the deal to replace NAFTA, it might be ratified by the U.S. Congress before its Christmas break. The deal to replace NAFTA was agreed to in November 2018, and needs to be ratified by all three countries before it becomes law. Mexico has already done so, while Canada is expected to do so without delay shortly after the U.S. does. But U.S. congressional Democrats have been hoping to negotiate amendments wanted by the labour movement, and to address some other environmental, tech, and pharmaceutical patent concerns. And doing that, and then drawing up legislation and passing it in under two weeks, seems increasingly unlikely.

Source: thestar December 06, 2019 22:52 UTC