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The fight over renewing two small business grant programs key to delivering new technology to the U.S. military is heating up as a potential lapse looms.

Ways and Means focusing on USMCA

Ways and Means Committee members are meeting with Mexico’s top economic official this week to launch talks ahead of a crucial 2026 trade deadline.

The panel is holding a bipartisan roundtable Wednesday afternoon with Mexico’s Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, according to three people familiar with the plans. The closed-door discussion is expected to focus on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known as USMCA.

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