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Stop NAFTA 2 – No More Rigged Corporate Trade

December 7, 2018 Trade for People and Planet. , , ,
Trump’s renegotiated NAFTA, the USMCA, maintains the same failed model as NAFTA and the TPP that favors big corporations at the expense of working people and the environment. This agreement should be rejected and replaced with a new model of trade that protects workers, the environment and democracy. We can stop it from being ratified by Congress. Contact your member of Congress using the simple tool below.

New Report: 25 Years Of NAFTA’s Damage To U.S. Latino And Mexican People

December 5, 2018 Citizens Trade Campaign, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Washington, D.C. – With the signing of the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Nov. 30 as the migrant crisis at the border escalates, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) and Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch released a timely analysis of the North American Free Trade Agreement’s (NAFTA) disproportionate damage to U.S. Latinos and Mexican workers, and whether the NAFTA 2.0 deal would stop it. “While President Trump’s manipulation of grievances over trade and immigration brought him to power, absent from his worldview is the reality that NAFTA was developed by and for multinational corporations seeking to pay workers less and has hurt both U.S. and Mexican workers,”...

We Can Stop Rigged Corporate Trade, If We Act Now

December 4, 2018 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. , , ,
On November 30, leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada signed the revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) at the G20 in Argentina. The new NAFTA is an updated version of rigged corporate trade that sells out workers and endangers the environment for profits. We speak with Arthur Stamoulis of Citizens Trade about what is in the new NAFTA and the politics around it. We have an opportunity to stop this model of rigged corporate trade, which began in the 1990s with NAFTA, and replace it with a trade model that protects people and the planet. Learn what you can do.

As Deadline Nears, New NAFTA Not Ready For Signing

November 29, 2018 Janyce McGregor, CBC News. , , ,
Three days away from the target date for all three countries to officially sign the revised North American trade agreement, Canada and the United States are still haggling over what the deal actually says. An annex on duties Canada imposes on U.S. dairy, egg and poultry products that was posted online by the Trump administration contained language that differed from what Canadian negotiators believed they'd agreed to at the table. Confronted with the discrepancy, the American side stuck to its guns. The clock is ticking down fast: Nov. 30, the intended signing date, is this Friday.

Nov. 30-Dec. 1 No NAFTA2 Days Of Action

November 9, 2018 Popular Resistance. , , , ,
On November 30, the leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada plan to sign the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), now called the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), during the G-20 Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is the last date that the agreement can be signed by the outgoing right-wing Mexican President Peña Nieto before the new president takes office. Join the first No NAFTA 2 national call on Tuesday, November 13 at 9:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Pacific.

Act Out!: 400+ Reasons To Eat The Rich And More

November 23, 2017 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com , , ,
By Eleanor Goldfield for Occupy.com. This week on Act Out!, tempting though it may be to ignore all things real and political for the next few days, hiding behind cranberry sauce and turkey legs won't change the ever-widening and gaping abyss before us. Dive in with us as we survey our grotesquely top-heavy economy and where people like you and me stand today. Next up, some headlines from Scotland to Syria to why the oil and gas industries are racist. And finally, NAFTA renegotiations plus an expert take on what's to come and what we can do about it.
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