Canada kicks off USMCA ratification process, urges bi-partisan co-operation

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's minority Liberal government kicked off the ratification process for a new continental trade pact on Monday and urged opposition lawmakers to formally approve the deal as quickly as possible.Canada is the only country still to ratify the trilateral United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which updates the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who led Canada's negotiating team, urged lawmakers to set partisanship..