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A new trade agreement has been reached between negotiators for the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The three countries have been working to do this for much of Donald Trump¹'s term as U.S. President. A major promise he made in the campaign trail was that he'd renegotiate NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. The new deal which was reached on Sunday night is called the USMCA, the United States Mexico Canada Agreement.

It's not finalized². First, the leaders of all three countries have to sign it. President Trump says he plans to do that by the end of November. Then the legislatures of all three countries have to approve it. In the U.S. Congress, this involves the Senate which has the Constitutional authority to approve treaties and the House of Representatives which also has authority when treaties are related to foreign trade. And like NAFTA, the USMCA is all about trade between the three North American countries. It involves a lot of compromise between them. For one thing, the new agreement is expected to help American farmers by a?llowing them to send more dairy, poultry³ and eggs to Canada. But some Canadian dairy farmers are concerned it will hurt their business.

One criticism of NAFTA was it lead American auto⁴ makers⁵ to shift production to Mexico where it could be done less expensively because workers there earn less money. The USMCA i?s intended to encourage U.S. carmakers to do more of their manufacturing in the U.S. but critics say it could lead them to do more in Asia. So what will actually happen? Time will tell.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

4 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

5 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》