On Wednesday, the president pro tempore of the Senate, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), officially sending the implementation bill to President Trump for his signature. President Trump is expected to sign the USMCA shortly.
However, once the agreement becomes law in the U.S., the overall processes is not over. Canada must still approve the agreement when its House of Commons reconvenes in late January, and Mexico still needs to fully implement labor reforms that ensure workers have access to organize and participate in independent unions.