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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks Arthur,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I made a single small correction to the op-ed text below – as everyone knows, the auto regional value content percentage under NAFTA is 62.5, not 63.5! </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This has been corrected the Teamsters website
<a href="https://teamster.org/">https://teamster.org/</a> which I recommend highly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Have good weekends!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mike Dolan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Teamsters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">202-624-6891<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> CTCField [mailto:ctcfield-bounces@lists.citizenstrade.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Arthur Stamoulis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 09, 2017 1:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> CTC Field Field<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CTC] Hoffa || A New, Pro-Worker NAFTA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://teamster.org/news/2017/06/hoffa-new-pro-worker-nafta">https://teamster.org/news/2017/06/hoffa-new-pro-worker-nafta</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">By Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa</span></i></strong><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Published in the Detroit News, June 7, 2017</span></strong></span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">The Trump administration in the next week will receive scores of comments on how to best <a href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/05/18/trump-formally-calls-nafta-negotiations/330389001/"><span style="color:#5F84BD;text-decoration:none">revamp</span></a> the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) so it creates a pact built for a 21<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">st</span> century economy. And the Teamsters want to make sure there is a pathway to prosperity for millions of U.S. workers
who were left behind in the deal’s first incarnation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666"> As I’ve stated before in this <a href="https://teamster.org/news/2017/05/hoffa-new-nafta-should-help-workers"><span style="color:#5F84BD;text-decoration:none">space</span></a>,
that doesn’t happen by opening the nation’s highways to Mexican-domiciled trucks and drivers that don’t meet American safety and certification standards. Motorists and the nation’s health have been jeopardized because of it. NAFTA 2.0 must strip such language
out of any agreement going forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Beyond that, however, there are many improvements that can be made that will help secure, and even grow, middle-class
jobs in this country. The renegotiation of NAFTA is a historic opportunity. The U.S. has an opportunity to lead the way to replacing this flawed agreement with one that will set new priorities that put working families first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">To start, the administration must take action to add labor rights provisions that beef up the weak and unenforceable
labor side agreement included in the original NAFTA. That language has been ineffective in enforcing basic labor rights, especially in Mexico. Workers here and across the globe need the inclusion of provisions that will safeguard them going forward, in future
trade deals that will use a new NAFTA labor chapter as a model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">That new labor chapter must have a robust new labor rights chapter that prohibits child labor and forced labor
and protects the freedom of association and the right to collectively bargain through an independent union. In addition, these new labor rights must be enforceable by the same or better trade sanctions that protect commercial interests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Any updated North American trade pact must also include a new chapter addressing currency. The current trade
deal took affect a year before the 1995 peso crisis and before the U.S. understood how its trading partners managed their currencies against the dollar to increase their exports. It is now clear that enforceable disciplines are needed against currency manipulation
and should be a template for future trade agreements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Finally, there is a need to <a href="https://teamster.org/news/2017/02/hoffa-keep-trade-reform-efforts-alive"><span style="color:#5F84BD;text-decoration:none">beef
up</span></a> the existing rules of origin when it comes to automobiles. Currently, North American-made vehicles only need to be made with 6</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">.5
percent of its parts from this continent, allowing third-party nations to enter the supply chain with low costs parts that put Americans out of work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">But there is also a need to strike several other provisions currently included in NAFTA. The chapter addressing
investor-state dispute settlement introduced corporate courts into the trade deals, giving foreign companies superior rights to U.S. firms in secret arbitration chambers. Just like the Teamsters and others demanded it be <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-p-hoffa/tpp-investor-language-wil_b_6948982.html"><span style="color:#5F84BD;text-decoration:none">taken
out</span></a> of the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership, so must it be here.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">Additionally, NAFTA 2.0 must protect “Buy American” federal procurement provisions. As it stands, the trade
deal undermines the program by requiring the federal government to treat foreign bidders as if they were U.S. bidders. Any update must eliminate language that undermines domestic or local preferences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">When it comes down to a new NAFTA, it’s really pretty simple. The current administration can fix the deal by
being transparent with the process and removing some bad provisions and inserting some good ones that benefit workers, consumers and U.S. manufacturers. The Teamsters stand ready to help with the effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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