USMCA Codification What seemed unlikely just a few weeks ago now looks like a growing possibility – U.S. congressional passage of the USMCA. USTR Robert Lighthizer told members of Congress that he will do whatever it takes to mollify their concerns. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it now expects summer passage of the package. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) says he does not believe that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) is stalling the deal. The collective change in political Washington indicates that codification has indeed become a possibility.   Mitigating the Mitigation WTO members are rightly criticizing the trade mitigation payments being made to farmers by the Trump administration. They may eve...