After months of arduous talks, Mexico’s chief trade negotiator says he believes U.S. legislators could be headed for a vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal in the coming weeks.

Jesús Seade, Mexico’s deputy foreign minister for North America, stood alongside the Mexican President on Friday to dispel concerns about the treaty and lay out all the work officials like him have done to convince organised labour and legislators in the U.S. that Mexico is committed to improving labour rights and raising wages.