<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="https://twitter.com/citizenstrade/status/1083404533768826882" class="">Tweet here</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">For Immediate Release</div><div class="">Contact: Bob Cash, (512) 912-6630 or <a href="mailto:bobcash@citizenstrade.org" class="">bobcash@citizenstrade.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="Arial" size="5" class="">Trump’s NAFTA Proposal Doesn't Fund a Wall</font></b></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><i class="">And It Doesn’t Make the Changes Needed on Jobs and Wages Either</i></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Austin, Texas — Bob Cash, director of the Texas Fair Trade Coalition, issued the following statement in anticipation of President Donald Trump’s visit to the US/Mexico border in McAllen, Texas later today:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="">"Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 proposal generates no revenue whatsoever for his ridiculous border wall. It also fails to make the critical changes needed to protect jobs, raise wages and promote healthy communities on either side of the border. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"We oppose the wall and we oppose Donald Trump’s ongoing attempts to scapegoat immigrants and refugees. It’s time for politicians to stop pitting working people against one another, and to start supporting policies that improve working conditions and quality of life both at home and abroad.”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote>###<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class="">The Texas Fair Trade Coalition is a statewide coalition of labor, environmental, family farm and community organizations working together to improve trade policy.</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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