Labor Federation President Richard Trumka on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), provided final text accurately reflects changes:
Make no mistake, we demanded a
trade deal that benefits workers and fought every single day to negotiate that
deal; and now we have secured an agreement that working people can proudly
support.
I am grateful to House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi and her allies on the USMCA working group, along with Senate
champions like Sherrod Brown and Ron Wyden, for standing strong with us
throughout this process as we demanded a truly enforceable agreement. I also
commend Ambassador Robert Lighthizer for being a straight shooter and an honest
broker as we worked toward a resolution.
Working people are responsible
for a deal that is a vast improvement over both the original NAFTA and the
flawed proposal brought forward in 2017. For the first time, there truly will
be enforceable labor standards—including a process that allows for the
inspections of factories and facilities that are not living up to their
obligations.
The USMCA also eliminates
special carve outs for corporations like the giveaway to Big Pharma in the
administration’s initial proposal and loopholes designed to make it harder to
prosecute labor violations.
The USMCA is far from perfect.
It alone is not a solution for outsourcing, inequality or climate change.
Successfully tackling these issues requires a full-court press of economic
policies that empower workers, including the repeal of tax cuts which reward
companies for shipping our jobs overseas.
But there is no denying that
the trade rules in America will now be fairer because of our hard work and
perseverance. Working people have created a new standard for future trade
negotiations.
President Trump may have
opened this deal. But working people closed it. And for that, we should be very
proud.
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