BCTGM Agrees: More Work is Needed on ‘New NAFTA’
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01 Oct BCTGM Agrees: More Work is Needed on ‘New NAFTA’

Posted at 14:11h in AFL-CIO, NAFTA, Trade by

NAFTA is being renegotiated because working people made clear that the original, failed, pro-corporate trade deal needed a rewrite to include better rules that put families and communities first. However, the USMCA is unfinished, and it’s too early to say whether it’s in the best interests of working people.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka released a full statement yesterday on the trade deal:

“Added protections for working people and some reductions in special privileges for global companies is a good start, but we still don’t know whether this new deal will reverse the outsourcing incentives present in the original NAFTA. It also is critical that we see what final labor enforcement, auto rules of origin and government purchasing provisions will look like.”

You can read President Trumka’s full statement here.

AFL-CIO Trade Policy Specialist Celeste Drake’s says there is still too many unanswered questions concerning the deal:

“The original NAFTA favors outsourcers over workers, creating special privileges for global companies at the cost of good jobs, high wages and our democracy. Whether it is in need of renegotiation isn’t in doubt. It’s required for the good of working families across North America…we simply do not have enough information at this time to know whether NAFTA 2018 is in the economic interests of the United States.”

Drake presents a full analysis of the proposal here.

While the is progress on certain issues such as improved labor rules and a reduction of special privileges for global companies, everyone seems to agree that more work is needed.

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