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    Trump needs Nancy Pelosi, his biggest adversary, to help pass revamped NAFTA

    by Jennifer Haberkorn, Noah Bierman and Don Lee, Los Angeles Times Apr 05, 2019 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is showing surprising deference to his top political adversary, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as he feels pressure to fulfill a signature election promise - approval of a revised trade deal with Mexico and Canada.

    In many ways, Trump has no choice, as the president and his allies scramble to notch a policy victory before the 2020 election.

    Only Pelosi, D-Calif., can decide whether the pact to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement comes up for a vote in the Democratic-controlled House. Advocates hope that will happen before the House goes on recess in August and the 2020 campaign kicks into high gear, all but destroying chances to pass the deal in Congress for the rest of Trump's term.

    So far, Trump and Pelosi have not met to discuss the pact's future. But Trump's top negotiators have been

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