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NAFTA | USMCA

North America Free Trade Agreement | US-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Claims that the ‘NAFTA 2’ agreement is better are a macabre joke
20-Jan-2020 Counter Punch
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), or NAFTA 2, isn’t substantially different and remains a document of corporate domination.
With passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress boosts fossil fuel polluters, particularly in Mexico
17-Jan-2020 Inequality.org
NAFTA 2.0 cleared another hurdle as the U.S. Senate approved the trade deal with bipartisan support.
Senate passes new North American trade deal, sending it to Trump
17-Jan-2020 CNBC
The chamber overwhelmingly voted to pass the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement after most Democrats got on board.
Bernie is right: Trade is a climate issue
16-Jan-2020 Gizmodo
Trade deals have been huge drivers of climate change. NAFTA, for instance, incentivized the expansion of industries with high carbon footprints.
Big Pharma looks to stem losses after trade deal defeat
15-Jan-2020 The Hill
The industry is working to get US senators on record in support of including the protections it lost in NAFTA 2.0 in future trade agreements with other countries.
What the amendments to the USMCA mean for Canadian IP law
6-Jan-2020 JDSupra
Many requirements of the original USMCA have already been met by recent changes in Canadian IP legislation, but more amendments will be required to implement the USMCA.
Neoliberalism and the end of politics
6-Jan-2020 Counter Punch
Understanding power is more important to predicting the winners and losers of neoliberal economic policies than knowing the economics.
House passage of USMCA marks major shift away from free-trade policies
20-Dec-2019 Los Angeles Times
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the new North American trade deal.
Mexicans are dubious Trump’s trade deal will boost their wages
19-Dec-2019 Bloomberg
On paper, Mexican workers should be big winners from the new Nafta. They’re not holding their breath.
New Nafta teed up by US House Committee for floor vote
18-Dec-2019 Bloomberg
The trade accord to revamp Nafta cleared the Ways and Means Committee, sending the measure to the full House.
Mexico, US seek to dispel tension over labor tweak to trade deal
17-Dec-2019 Reuters
Mexico said it was satisfied by US assurances it was not sending inspectors.
Mexico objects to labor enforcement provision in North American trade deal
16-Dec-2019 Reuters
An annex for the implementation of the treaty, the result of political decisions by Congress and the Administration in the United States, was not consulted with Mexico, said Mexico’s deputy foreign minister.
We’re still waiting for a trade deal that benefits working people
13-Dec-2019 UE
The proposed replacement of NAFTA remains a tool for corporate interests and provides insufficient relief to address the problems for working people embedded in the original agreement.
’NAFTA lite’: Trump and Democrats’ trade deal is similar to pact president mocked as ’worst ever’
12-Dec-2019 USA Today
More than half of the new trade agreement simply modernizes provisions already contained in NAFTA.
We need a progressive alternative on trade — and NAFTA 2.0 isn’t it
12-Dec-2019 Foreign Policy in Focus
Here’s what a progressive trade agenda that actually protects people and planet would actually look like.
New NAFTA is lost opportunity to reform corporate trade deals
12-Dec-2019 IATP
Deal does not address the farm crisis, but will exacerbate climate crisis and jeopardize health and public safety.
Trump’s NAFTA 2.0: An environmental failure
12-Dec-2019 Sierra Club
An assessment suggests the revised deal would perpetuate NAFTA’s environmental damage.
Redo of USMCA better than original NAFTA after yearlong effort to improve Trump’s 2018 deal
11-Dec-2019 Public Citizen
The new NAFTA is not the template for future agreements, but establishes the floor from which we will continue to advocate for a new model of trade and globalization that puts people and the planet first.
How the ‘New NAFTA’ will affect Canadians
11-Dec-2019 The Tyee
Small gains for workers, but the environment gets a shoddy deal.
US to drop item on tax-free threshold from North American trade pact: sources
11-Dec-2019 Reuters
The Trump administration has agreed to drop a footnote from the US-Mexico-Canada trade deal that would have let it lower the $800 tax-free threshold for imported goods.