[CTC] More NAFTA statements (Teamsters, Food & Water Watch)

[Arthur Stamoulis]

https://teamster.org/news/2018/08/hoffa-us-mexico-agreement-first-step-towards-better-north-american-trade
Hoffa: U.S.-Mexico Agreement is First Step Towards Better North American Trade

More Work Needs to Be Done to Ensure All Workers Benefit from Reformed Deal

(WASHINGTON) – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa about the bilateral agreement-in-principle announced today between the U.S. and Mexico to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
 
“The Teamsters Union has long been a leader in demanding real reforms to NAFTA to make it work for worker across all of North America. We have been working closely with the USTR on those demands and we believe that the Administration has taken real steps to deal with our concerns regarding cross-border trucking and highway safety.
 
“However, there is still much work to be done. Canada, for one, must be part of the agreement. The interests of all North American workers must be included as part of any trade agreement that is ultimately approved.
 
“NAFTA has been a failure. The Teamsters and other unions must see the final text to learn how this agreement will raise wages, ensure worker rights and freedoms, address enforcement, reduce outsourcing and put the interests of working families first in all three countries.”
 
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org <http://www.teamster.org/> for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and “like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters <http://www.facebook.com/teamsters>.



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NAFTA-Lite Trade Announcement Likely to Conceal Deregulatory Corporate Giveaways <https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/news/nafta-lite-trade-announcement-likely-conceal-deregulatory-corporate-giveaways>
 
Statement by Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch
 
Washington, D.C. – “The Trump administration’s announcement that it has completed a ‘new and improved’ replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) should be taken with more than a grain of salt. A vague description of a bilateral deal with Mexico alone (the U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement) was announced in the White House today, with an eye toward forcing a reluctant Canada to the negotiating table. But we have no confidence that the Trump administration will truly address the many flaws in NAFTA. 
 
“The devil resides in the details of these corporate-driven free trade deals, and we expect that the fine print will include the kind of pro-polluter, pro-fossil fuel industry, pro-Wall Street deregulation that has been a hallmark of Trump’s domestic agenda. These rumored trade provisions would codify the administration’s savage attacks on environmental protection, food safety and consumer rights into trade deals that enshrine and globalize deregulation, making it harder to restore U.S. environmental and consumer protections once this administration is shown the White House door.
 
“We need a new trade agenda that puts people, communities and the environment ahead of corporate profits. Today’s announcement is most likely a deregulatory wolf in fair-trade sheep’s clothing. The public is right to be skeptical of today’s announcement.”
 
Food & Water Watch champions healthy food and clean water for all. We stand up to corporations that put profits before people, and advocate for a democracy that improves people’s lives and protects our environment.
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