Today on TAP: Mexico (among others) might object, but I have a solution for that.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Posted inPolitics
Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico
He’s the latest of many Republican imperialists to endorse another war of aggression.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s 180-Degree Shift on Trade Policy
Thanks to the Rapid Response mechanism in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, trade is now being used as leverage to protect workers’ rights.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Man Bites Dog: Government Helps American Workers in Trade Dispute
For the first time ever, the U.S. trade representative has initiated a trade complaint against a foreign factory (which makes GM cars and pickups).
Posted inEconomic Policy
Stopping the Race to the Bottom in Trade Policy
Agribusiness giant Bayer/Monsanto claims that Mexico’s proposed restrictions on the active ingredient in its Roundup herbicide violate the country’s trade agreement with the U.S. Will the Biden administration agree?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Deeply Entrenched Corruption Will Hinder USMCA
The case of an imprisoned and then exiled labor attorney in Mexico speaks to the continued oppression of workers by multinational corporations.
Posted inWorking in America
Union Busting Under the New NAFTA
Mexican workers are still at the mercy of phony labor organizations and anti-union local police. Can Mexico’s progressive president Andrés Manuel López Obrador gain control?
Posted inTAP
How Trump Became a Fake Champion of Mexican Labor Rights (Of All Things)
Today on TAP: The NAFTA deal hits a last-minute snag
Posted inAmerica and the World
What Workers Need From the Revision of NAFTA
A successful trade agreement with Canada and Mexico depends on fair treatment for Mexican workers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
AMLO’s Gamble
Mexico’s decidedly leftist new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is taking on the business-political-criminal elite that has dominated his nation, and drenched it in bloodshed, for the past 40 years.