Mexico's Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of approving the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement on trade, a deal that would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. The measure passed with a 114-4 vote, bringing the agreement one step closer to fruition. Mexican President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador convened a special legislative session to hold the vote after the Senate convened in April. 

Improving price and quality transparency: President Donald J. Trump is delivering on his promise to bring more healthcare price and quality transparency for American patients. 

• President Trump is signing an Executive Order that directs his Administration to take steps to improve price and quality transparency in healthcare. 
• The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will require hospitals to publicly disclose amounts that reflect what people actually pay for services in an easy-to-read format. 
• At President Trump's direction, HHS will begin the process of making information on out-of-pocket spending more readily available to patients before they recieve care. 
• Researchers, innovators, and providers will get more access to data that will help them develop tools to provide patients with more information about healthcare prices and quality. 
• The Administration will improve quality measurements and make them public. 
• The President's order also improves consumers' incentives to shop for care by expanding the benefit of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and other tax-preferred health accounts. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Christopher Guith, Acting President of the U.S. Chamber's Global Energy Institute, issued the following statement regarding today's finalization of EPA's Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule on power plants, which replaces the previous administration's Clean Power Plan: 

"The ACE rule will help continue the trend of declining electric power sector emissions while preserving America's energy leadership and respecting the law. We commend the Administration not only for its efforts to replace the unlawful Clean Power Plan with a regulatory framework for addressing greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, but also for doing so by engaging with all stakeholders in a thorough and collaborative process. While we will thoroughly review the final text, we are particularly pleased that the final ACE rule establishes guidelines emphasizing cooperation with states and encouraging the deployment of innovative technologies and practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants in a manner that is practical, achievable, and consistent with the Clean Air Act. 

The Chamber believes that the global climate is changing and that human activities contribute to those changes. Inaction on climate change is not an option, and policies to address it must be practical, flexible, predictable and durable. If consistent with these criteria, the ACE rule represents an important step by the Administration, working with states, and the private sector to lower greenhouse gas emissions. "