Democrats want stronger enforcement of labor standards in Mexico. The feared death of a union supporter in Guerrero state does not inspire confidence.
USMCA
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NAFTA 2.0: Can Trump Thread the Needle and Win Democratic Support?
Stranger things have happened, but Trump needs something close to a miracle as well as restraint and compromise that would be highly out of character.
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Why Democrats Aren’t Passing Trump’s New, Unimproved NAFTA
Democrats in both the House and Senate are resisting President Trump’s request that they approve his successor agreement to NAFTA (the clunky name to which is the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA). The main sticking point, they say, is that the proposed new accord doesn’t do nearly enough to ensure the rights of Mexican workers—failing […]
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Trump Paints Himself into Yet Another Corner
With great fanfare, Trump went through the motions of carrying out a campaign promise when he negotiated a revised NAFTA. Supposedly, this would be better for the United States, and would appeal to the same blue-collar workers who deserted the Democrats to support Trump in 2016. It might even peel off some union support. […]
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Trump’s Damaged NAFTA Deal
It looks like the post-NAFTA accord is going down. What then?