How Canada is Using NAFTA to Demand Protection for U.S. Workers
Finally, after nearly a quarter of a century, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is being renegotiated. And while NAFTA negotiations have not progressed very far, and it is too early to say whether the effort will bring a New Economic Deal to working people or simply more crony capitalism, there was some fantastic, surprising, excellent news recently. The Canadian negotiating team did something big: They told the U.S. negotiators that U.S. laws that interfere with people’s freedom to negotiate on the job...