Senate passes USMCA, giving Trump back-to-back trade wins

The Senate passed President Trump's United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade in a bipartisan vote of 89 to 10 Thursday, giving the president his second major trade win in as many days.

The vote took place just before impeachment articles were presented in the Senate.

The USMCA, which replaces the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, now goes to the White House, allowing Trump to fulfill a key 2016 campaign goal.

"You've heard the phrase 'a rising tide lifts all boats'? The new NAFTA we are working on puts a bigger oar in the water for our trilateral trade relationship with our northern and southern neighbors," said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, in the debate before the vote.

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