The Bullet: Trump Is Trying to Make NAFTA Even Worse

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http://socialistproject.ca/bullet/b1445.jpgMany on the Left have been deeply critical of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) since before it was fast-tracked into law by former President Bill Clinton in 1994. Now, President Donald Trump’s current plan to renegotiate NAFTA is poised to make the massive trade deal even worse. In late May, a loose coalition of civil society groups gathered in Mexico City to discuss this upcoming renegotiation. Participants included the AFL-CIO, Canadian Labour Congress and over one hundred other labour, environmental, and immigrant rights organizations from across Mexico, the United States and Canada.

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To read the media today, one would think that NAFTA is a keystone of Canadian prosperity and that renegotiation could lead to a national economic disaster. That view has already been rebutted in a report by Scott Sinclair for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.


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http://socialistproject.ca/bullet/b1451.jpgOpposition to ‘free trade’ is in the air again, though not in the way most of us expected or hoped. Three decades ago, the move to guarantee, extend and deepen Canada’s economic integration with the United States by way of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two states mobilized an impressive though ultimately unsuccessful opposition. This opposition continued, though with less intensity, when that agreement was later extended to include Mexico via the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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Washington intends to use the talks to extract concessions from corporate America’s Canadian and Mexican rivals and to forge a US-led trade bloc to confront its global rivals.

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A renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement must include fundamental changes, including enforceable labour and environmental standards and the elimination of the disputes settlement system, Unifor tells the federal government.


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One of Trump's first acts as President was to pull the United States out of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership, which he called 'a potential disaster' for America. Six months later he wants NAFTA to become the TPP that U.S. corporate lobbyists were dreaming of all along. The about-face will surely irritate his base, but it was predictable.


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http://socialistproject.ca/bullet/b1457.jpgThe following resolution calling for the repeal of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), is the work of the Autoworkers Caravan. It is an organizing, educating and mobilizing group of current and former autoworkers, largely located in the USA, but with some Canadian Unifor members as well. The resolution, in the words of one of the Caravan activists, Scott Houldieson, 'will be broadcast to as many local and international unions as possible. One of the goals will be to rally opposition to another corporate trade deal that sacrifices our environment and our standard of living.

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http://socialistproject.ca/bullet/b1451.jpgOpposition to ‘free trade’ is in the air again, though not in the way most of us expected or hoped. Three decades ago, the move to guarantee, extend and deepen Canada’s economic integration with the United States by way of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two states mobilized an impressive though ultimately unsuccessful opposition. This opposition continued, though with less intensity, when that agreement was later extended to include Mexico via the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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What's wrong with chlorinated chicken? It's not as if chlorine is absent from our lives: we drink it in our tapwater every day. Surely it's a small price to pay for the trade deal with the US that the British government seeks?


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Farmers and fisherfolk from the National Commission of Rural and Fishery Organizations marched in numbers with the expectation that their representatives receive a hearing by officials at the Ministry of the Interior.


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I am a Mexican author born and raised in Mexico. Contrary to Mr. President Trump's opinion, I am not a rapist or a drug dealer.


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