The U.S. House Speaker wants to get rid of language that absolves tech firms from responsibility for content created on their platforms. (The Wall Street Journal)

Talking point: Large tech firms have been trying for years to enshrine immunity provisions in trade agreements. Google, for example, unsuccessfully pushed for similar language in the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Trade in Services Agreement. Pelosi’s pushback comes as a growing number of U.S. lawmakers are considering changing domestic laws that grant tech firms immunity over content on their platforms. It also follows a Washington, D.C. visit by Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s deputy prime minister, to try and get USMCA passed. Stripping the immunity provisions is far from a done deal, since the Trump administration is indicating it wants to keep them. There are a number of other outstanding negotiation points. For example, the U.S. is pushing for expanded labour protections, but on Tuesday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he wasn’t open to further changes on that front.