During Wisconsin Visit, Vice President Pence Touts US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement

Trade issues continue to go unresolved as farmers and manufacturers face higher import and export tariffs with China. Meanwhile, Vice President Mike Pence has been traveling the country pushing a trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Pence was in Wisconsin Wednesday to drum up support for the agreement. READ: Chinese Import Tariffs Affect Southeastern Wisconsin Businesses In a crowded room at Uline – a shipping and packaging goods company headquartered in Pleasant Prairie — Pence made the Trump administration's case. "Sitting on the desk of the speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the largest trade deal in American history," he said. "And I came to Wisconsin to say that it's time for Congress to enact the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and pass it this year!" The pact would replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). One aspect of the deal would increase the percentage of North American content in a car