Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday said he wrote House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) a letter asking her to push forward approval of the trade deal negotiated between the United States, Mexico and Canada, he told reporters at his daily news conference.

“There’s agreement, and I took the opportunity to send Mrs Pelosi a letter explaining that it’s in the interest of the three peoples, the three nations, that this deal is approved,” said López Obrador of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

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López Obrador has made passage of the USMCA through the U.S. House of Representatives a top diplomatic priority, despite his historical opposition to similar free trade agreements.

The Mexican Senate approved the agreement in June; the House of Representatives and Canadian Parliament have yet to ratify it.

The USMCA would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which López Obrador vehemently opposed from its inception in the early 1990s.

House Democrats have been reluctant to bring up the USMCA, arguing that Mexico needs to do more to enforce its labor laws and that the deal would push up drug prices regionally.

López Obrador in May pushed through a package of labor reforms that tightened Mexico's already-progressive labor laws.

But Democrats have expressed concerns over enforcement of those laws, as Mexico has historically failed to uphold its strict worker protections and López Obrador's austerity rules have gutted his government's ability to enforce regulations.

A delegation of five House Democrats, including Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal Richard Edmund NealOn The Money: Half of states deplete funds for Trump's 0 unemployment expansion | EU appealing ruling in Apple tax case | House Democrats include more aid for airlines in coronavirus package House Democrats to include more aid for airlines in coronavirus package The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Republicans lawmakers rebuke Trump on election MORE (Mass.), visited López Obrador earlier this week to discuss the country's labor reforms.

"I appreciate today’s positive discussions and hope to see Mexico implement the substantial labor and enforcement reforms necessary to comply with its obligations under the agreement," wrote Rep. Jimmy Panetta James Varni PanettaOn The Money: McConnell previews GOP coronavirus bill | Senate panel advances Trump Fed nominee who recently supported gold standard | Economists warn about scaled-back unemployment benefits Bipartisan bill introduced to provide tax credit to food and beverage distributors Overnight Defense: US formally rejects Beijing's South China Sea claims | House set to consider defense policy bill next week | 57 injured as firefighters battle warship blaze MORE (D-Calif.), a member of the delegation.