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<div><br class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Schwabe, Chloe" <<a href="mailto:CSchwabe@Maryknoll.org" class="">CSchwabe@Maryknoll.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Maryknoll statement on NAFTA renegotiations</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">August 16, 2017 at 4:07:59 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Arthur Stamoulis <<a href="mailto:arthur@citizenstrade.org" class="">arthur@citizenstrade.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Arthur,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here is our <a href="http://maryknollogc.org/statements/nafta-we-need-open-and-transparent-serving-common-good" class="">
statement</a> on the NAFTA negotiations and also a link to our just released <a href="http://maryknollogc.org/sites/default/files/encounters/attachments/Encounters14_082017.pdf" class="">
2-pager</a> offering NAFTA critiques and suggestions for a more just, sustainable, and equitable trade model.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.4in;text-align:center;text-indent:.2in">
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Office for Global Concerns<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.6in;text-align:center;text-indent:.2in">
<b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB","serif"" class="">Peace, Social Justice and Integrity of Creation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.4in;text-align:center"><i class=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arrus BT","serif"" class=""><a href="http://www.maryknollogc.org/" class="">www.maryknollogc.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoHeader"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt;background:white" class="">
<strong class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">For Immediate Release
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Contact: Susan Gunn, Communications manager<b class=""><br class="">
</b>August 16, 2017 (202) 832-1780, Email:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:sgunn@maryknoll.org" class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">sgunn@maryknoll.org</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">
<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b class="">Maryknoll calls for an open and transparent NAFTA renegotiation that values people and Creation over profits<o:p class=""></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">WASHINGTON, DC— As trade representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico meet today to begin renegotiations of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), we call on negotiators to allow for an open, transparent and democratic
process that ensures that all voices are welcome at the table and that our economic policies ultimately serve the common good.
<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We hope that negotiators will make meaningful changes to address deep economic inequalities, protect creation, and improve the health and wellbeing of all God’s people throughout North America. We fear that, without more accountability,
a “modernized” agreement could expand investor privileges, make prescription drugs even less affordable, and further impoverish small farmers while doing little to improve worker and environmental protections.
<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">“The world’s apathy toward the suffering caused by NAFTA’s economic failures is a prime example of what Pope Francis has repeatedly referred to as the ‘globalization of indifference.’”
<b class="">said Chloe Schwabe, Faith Economy Ecology Program Director with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns.
</b>“Maryknoll missioners serving in Mexico for more than 60 years witnessed the tremendous harm NAFTA caused across Mexico. NAFTA ruined the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and rural economies, and failed to create good jobs with fair wages in other sectors.
NAFTA has ultimately contributed to a rise in migration to the United States and greater income inequality.”
<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">NAFTA has also harmed God’s creation. Toxic industries have polluted the earth and poisoned children, large-scale mining has displaced indigenous communities and scarred the land, and environmental abuses continue to go unchecked.
<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">While the North American economies are now inextricably linked, a NAFTA replacement that puts people ahead of profits could improve the quality of life in all three countries. Enforceable and binding labor and environmental protections,
access to affordable medicines, and incentives to encourage the flourishing of local economies, will move the moral compass towards a more fair and just economy.
<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i class="">The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns (MOGC) represents Maryknoll missioners, who are Catholic men and women serving in impoverished communities around the world. The MOGC provides analysis and advocacy on issues of justice, peace
and the integrity of creation that affect the countries and communities where Maryknoll missioners serve. ###<o:p class=""></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="696" height="139" id="Picture_x0020_4" class="" apple-inline="yes" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D316A9.EF553820"><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D" class="">Chloe Schwabe<br class="">
Faith Economy Ecology Program Director<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D" class="">Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D" class="">200 New York Avenue, NW<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D" class="">Washington, D.C. 20009<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D" class="">202-832-1780<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D" class=""><a href="http://maryknollogc.org" class="">maryknollogc.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
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