Texas-Tensions over global trade have ramped up the importance of the U.S. trade agreement with Canada and Mexico to businesses in this Dallas suburb, and to the freshman Democrat seeking a second term here.
Rep. Colin Allred visited the office of Mitchell Enterprises Inc. here last week to assure the company's principals that he was doing all he could to push Congress to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, President Trump's renegotiated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
"For Texas, trade is enormously important," Mr. Allred said in his still sparsely decorated office.
While trade policy is often not a top issue for voters, the state of the economy usually is, and in Texas, the two go hand-in-hand.
Lawmakers see the trade deal-which among other changes mandates that 75% of automobiles be manufactured in Mexico, the U.S. or Canada to qualify for zero tariffs, up from 62.5% under Nafta-as injecting a sense of certainty into the market while the country battles with China.
From his meeting with Mitchell Enterprises, Mr. Allred went next to a Chamber of Commerce meeting where trade policy was top of mind.
Mr. Allred with 13 other Democrats, many in competitive districts, sent a letter to Mrs. Pelosi last month encouraging her to put the trade agreement on the floor before the end of the year.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/swing-district-democrats-push-for-vote-on-north-america-trade-pact-11566898201?mod=hp_lead_pos6
Rep. Colin Allred visited the office of Mitchell Enterprises Inc. here last week to assure the company's principals that he was doing all he could to push Congress to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, President Trump's renegotiated version of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
"For Texas, trade is enormously important," Mr. Allred said in his still sparsely decorated office.
While trade policy is often not a top issue for voters, the state of the economy usually is, and in Texas, the two go hand-in-hand.
Lawmakers see the trade deal-which among other changes mandates that 75% of automobiles be manufactured in Mexico, the U.S. or Canada to qualify for zero tariffs, up from 62.5% under Nafta-as injecting a sense of certainty into the market while the country battles with China.
From his meeting with Mitchell Enterprises, Mr. Allred went next to a Chamber of Commerce meeting where trade policy was top of mind.
Mr. Allred with 13 other Democrats, many in competitive districts, sent a letter to Mrs. Pelosi last month encouraging her to put the trade agreement on the floor before the end of the year.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/swing-district-democrats-push-for-vote-on-north-america-trade-pact-11566898201?mod=hp_lead_pos6
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