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After impeachment,

House bestows big

trade victory on Trump

By KEVIN FREKING Agreement. The legislation
Associated Press passed after House Speak-
WASHINGTON (AP) — One er Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,
day after its historic im- and her colleagues won
peachment votes, the key concessions from an
Democratic-led House administration anxious to
gave President Donald pass the trade deal before
Trump an overwhelming next year’s election season
bipartisan victory Thursday makes that task more diffi-
on a renegotiated trade cult.
agreement with Canada The deal is projected to
and Mexico. have only a modest im- Mexico’s Treasury Secretary Arturo Herrera, left, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia
By a 385-41 vote, the House pact on the economy. Freeland, second left, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, center, Mexico’s top
approved a bill that puts in trade negotiator Jesus Seade, second right, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, hold
place terms of the United the documents after signing an update to the North American Free Trade Agreement, at the
States-Mexico-Canada Continued on Page 2 national palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 10. 2019.
Associated Press