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NAFTA

Sanders Calls on 2020 Candidates to Pledge Opposition to 'Unfair' Trade Deals That Put Corporate Interests Ahead of US Workers

Cooper, Sanders

NAFTA 2.0 Signed: A Deal for 'The Corporate One Percent'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The North American leaders sign the new trade deal dubbed NAFTA 2.0

The new deal, says Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), does "not do nearly enough to raise wages for workers, lower costs for healthcare consumers, or protect the environment."

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What Does Trump’s "New NAFTA" Trade Deal Signal for Workers, Corporate Power & the Environment?

Democracy Now!

Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, explains what...

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Imperiling People and Planet, Warnings Mount That Trump's NAFTA 2.0 Just Another 'Corporate Giveaway'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

key members of Trump's cabinet

Critics warn the new agreement would make it harder "to hold Big Oil and Gas...

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'I Can't Kill These People': In Off-the-Record Comments, Trump Reportedly Bragged About Not Compromising With Canada in NAFTA Talks

President Donald Trump attempting to get Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on speaker phone on Monday.

Amid Trump's NAFTA Confusion, Demands for Trade Deal That Puts Workers, Environment Over Corporate Profits.

Trump's Corporate-Friendly NAFTA 2.0 Would Be Total Climate Disaster, Report Warns

tpp protest

US Progressives Express Solidarity With Anti-TPP Protests as 11 Nations Sign Revised Corporate-Friendly Trade Deal

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

Lawmakers and 70+ Advocacy Groups Call on North American Leaders to #ReplaceNAFTA

"A total of 28 states, including three this year, have passed right-to-work legislation," writes Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project.

In NAFTA Talks, Canada Demands US Drop Anti-Union 'Right to Work' Laws

The Mexican Army provided humanitarian relief to Katrina refugees in San Antonio in 2005. On Sunday, Mexico offered aid to the U.S. again as Hurricane Harvey hit Houston.

As Trump Bullies Over Border Wall, Mexico Offers Aid for Harvey Victims

Trump's NAFTA Plan Looks a Lot Like Corporate-Friendly Deals He Campaigned Against

"More Peril Than Promise": Watchdogs Slam Trump's Plan for NAFTA Talks

To Those Who Trusted Him on Trade, Trump Prepares 'Punch in the Face'

Trump Just Drove a Truck Through Hole DNC Left in Clinton's TPP Promise

Sanders Accepts Challenge to Kill TPP If Elected... Nothing from Clinton So Far

Newswire

Citizens Trade Campaign

Democratic Presidential Candidates United that NAFTA 2.0 Should Not Be Approved As Written

Public Citizen

New Report on 25 Years of NAFTA’s Damaging Outcomes Underscores the High Stakes for Next Year’s Battle Royale Over NAFTA 2.0

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Will the New NAFTA and Future Trade Deals Serve US Interests?

Public Citizen

Signing of NAFTA 2.0 Does Not End Fight for Progressive Improvements to the Agreement

Public Citizen

Public Citizen Analysis: How the New NAFTA Text Measures Up to Key Changes We Have Demanded to Stop NAFTA’s Ongoing Damage

Communications Workers of America

New NAFTA Agreement is a Work in Progress

Views

Leo Gerard

Whether It’s the New NAFTA or the Old NAFTA, It Serves the 1 Percent

Stan Sorscher

Making Sense of NAFTA and Its Replacement

Laura Carlsen

Trump’s Mexico Tariffs Are About White Nationalism, Not Trade

Mark Weisbrot

Tariffs Are a Bad Response to an Imaginary Border Crisis

Jesse Jackson

Donald Trump Confuses Bluster With Strength on Trade

Jean Stokan

A Border Crisis of Our Own Making

Jim Goodman

Don’t Fall for the Hype of Free Trade Agreements

Ruth Conniff

Trump’s Dangerous, Dishonest Game on the U.S.-Mexico Border

Sharon Anglin Treat

Agribusiness's Secretive Plans to Unravel Food Safety and Worker Protections

Manuel Pérez Rocha

AMLO Goes Full Throttle Against Neoliberalism—But What About NAFTA?

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