<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><a href="http://defazio.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-peter-defazio-introduces-resolution-outlining-principles-for-new" class="">http://defazio.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-peter-defazio-introduces-resolution-outlining-principles-for-new</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px 0.25em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: -0.05em;">Rep. Peter DeFazio Introduces Resolution Outlining Principles for New Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada</h1><div class="block-without-title block block-system block-main block-system-main odd" id="block-system-main" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 1em; border: medium none; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: inherit; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(48, 75, 112) 0px 1px 4px; border-top-left-radius: 6px; border-top-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-left-radius: 6px; box-shadow: none !important; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat repeat;"><div class="block-inner clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div class="content clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; display: inline;">Feb 16, 2017 </div></div><div class="pane-token panel-pane pane-node-content-type" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; display: inline;">Press Release </div><div class="pane-entity-field panel-pane pane-node-field-congress-subtitle" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div class="pane-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div class="field-type-text field-label-hidden field field-name-field-congress-subtitle" style="margin: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Supported by labor groups, trade stakeholders, and environmental groups, Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) today introduced a resolution that lays out the principles that must be included in any replacement of the disastrous North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">“For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, we have an opportunity to replace NAFTA and build a fair trade policy that works for all Americans,” said <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Rep. Peter DeFazio</strong>. “After working with labor stakeholders and fair trade advocates, we have come up with principles that will serve as the foundation of a sustainable trade policy that will bring jobs back to the U.S. while protecting America’s environment, workers, consumers, and sovereignty.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">“Rep. DeFazio’s NAFTA resolution provides a roadmap for the USTR and the administration to follow if they truly want to fix this broken trade agreement,” said <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa</strong>. “Free trade agreements like NAFTA have undermined our manufacturing industry for decades, sending millions of jobs overseas. It is long past time to negotiate fair trade agreements that protect working families and provide good jobs here in America.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">“As we’ve said all along in regards to renegotiating NAFTA, ‘the devil’s in the details,’ said <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka</strong>. “The blueprint being laid out today puts working people first. It promotes trade policies that create jobs, raise wages, breathe life into our communities and expand the American Dream. We are ready to move forward with a new direction on trade and this is just the beginning.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">The resolution has been endorsed by: AFL-CIO, Teamsters, United Steelworkers (USW), International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), Public Citizen, and Citizens Trade Campaign.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">The principles laid out in Rep. DeFazio’s resolution, called the Blueprint for America’s Future Trade Policy, direct that any NAFTA replacement deal negotiated by President Trump must:</p><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Require Strong Labor & Environmental Standards—and Ensure They are Enforced</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Add Strict, Enforceable Disciplines to Fight Against Currency Manipulation</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Eliminate Procurement Provisions that Undermine Buy America</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Require Imports and Foreign Companies Operating in the U.S. to Adhere to U.S. Laws</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">End Tribunals that Undermine U.S. Trade Enforcement Laws, Such as NAFTA’s Chapter 19</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Require Foreign Operators to Comply with U.S. Transportation Laws</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Require Strong Rules of Origin on Cars, Auto Parts, and Other Manufactured Goods</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Eliminate the Dangerous ISDS Provision that Undermines U.S. Sovereignty</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">Protect U.S. Energy Policy</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">The resolution directs President Trump to initiate the renegotiation of NAFTA no later than June 1, 2017. All of the provisions included in the resolution must be agreed to by Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. before the agreement can be approved.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">If negotiations are not completed and all the provisions outlined in the resolution agreed to within one year of beginning talks, the resolution directs the President to consider withdrawing the U.S. from NAFTA.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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