• Trucks wait in a queue at border customs control to cross into the U.S. at the Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, last week. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to implement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement by 385 votes to 41. | REUTERS
    Trucks wait in a queue at border customs control to cross into the U.S. at the Zaragoza-Ysleta border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, last week. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to implement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement by 385 votes to 41. | REUTERS

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new trade deal for North America on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged.

The House passed legislation to implement the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, by 385 votes to 41, with 38 Democrats, two Republicans and one independent member voting no.

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