• Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (center) poses with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (third, left) and members of the Congressional Delegation Dan Kildee (left), Bill Pascrell (second, left), Jimmy Panetta (second, right) and Jimmy Gomez during a meeting on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), at the National Palace in Mexico City Tuesday. | PRESS OFFICE ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR / HANDOUT / VIA REUTERS
    Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (center) poses with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (third, left) and members of the Congressional Delegation Dan Kildee (left), Bill Pascrell (second, left), Jimmy Panetta (second, right) and Jimmy Gomez during a meeting on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), at the National Palace in Mexico City Tuesday. | PRESS OFFICE ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR / HANDOUT / VIA REUTERS

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MEXICO, CITY/WASHINGTON – A U.S. Democratic lawmaker said a meeting with Mexican officials on Tuesday geared at speeding up ratification of a North American trade deal was “excellent,” after Mexico’s president vowed union freedoms, higher wages and other labor rights.

U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee delegation that met with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, suggested all sides were getting closer to an agreement.

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