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Vice President Mike Pence to tour Merit Medical in Utah visit on Thursday

Washington • Vice President Mike Pence will tour Merit Medical Systems in South Jordan on Thursday and speak about the benefits of President Donald Trump’s proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a White House official said Monday.

Pence will visit the medical device company and then offer public remarks, according to the official.

The visit is part of a Western swing by the vice president who will also stop by Roswell, N.M., to also tout the trade deal.

The Trump administration is pushing Congress to ratify the trade agreement, which it says will “benefit millions of jobs and give workers the level playing field to compete and win on the world stage.