<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="">Hi everyone:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Just got back from the Seattle WTO Anniversary events. Anything happen while I was gone? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Citizens Trade Campaign coalition is still working on a consensus position regarding the new USMCA. A couple points I feel confident offering now are that:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ul class="MailOutline"><li class=""><div class="">A year ago, the Trump administration offered a weak, worse-than-the-original NAFTA proposal that was wholly unacceptable. It was rigged for Big Pharma in order to lock in high medicine prices, and it failed to make the changes needed to stop outsourcing, raise wages, protect worker rights and safeguard the environment. The resolve of Congressional Democrats, organized labor, civil society groups and countless individual in demanding better forced trade negotiators from all three countries to make real improvements on some of those issues. As a result of progressive groups’ work, the deal on offer today is now better than both the original NAFTA and the NAFTA 2.0 deal signed last year. </div></li></ul></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ul class="MailOutline"><li class="">The new pact's potential to make improvements in people’s lives over the existing NAFTA is why many of our partners now support it. That said, the shortcomings of this latest deal are many and it is still a far cry from the type of transformative trade policy that’s required to finally put the needs of working people and the planet ahead of corporate profits. The entire progressive coalition that has been working on this issue stands committed to continue working shoulder-to-shoulder to demand better policies in the future. </li></ul></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Below are the press statements, factsheets and letters on the deal that allied groups and others have sent me thus far (although some may still be missing in my inbox). I’m certain many others will follow.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Machinists<div class="">Sierra Club / LCV / NRDC</div><div class=""><div class="">Ways & Means Democrats</div></div><div class=""><div class="">AFL-CIO</div></div><div class=""><div class="">Democracy for America</div></div><div class="">Association for Affordable Medicine</div><div class="">Senator Ron Wyden</div></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div apple-content-edited="true" 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="">In solidarity,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Arthur Stamoulis</div><div class="">Citizens Trade Campaign</div><div class="">(202) 494-8826</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></span></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; border: 1pt solid rgb(102, 102, 102); padding: 2pt; margin: 0.75pt 0.75pt 3.75pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Click To View Documents: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__t.congressweb.com_a_-3FOYMPACQEERWTQVU&d=DwMCAw&c=L93KkjKsAC98uTvC4KvQDdTDRzAeWDDRmG6S3YXllH0&r=ppAgK8w4ooUEAsZyGlsCHJq8zAT42ydPD4nu55JGYn0&m=fFWoS19I9NV7QNhAV1-02FU5k3hd4KFqvWx4wPBCHf4&s=V2sct9ljpmzZRz1JJpMcZZ5SKFG7aEVjWmncQ9mMY-g&e=" style="color: purple;" class="">Machinists Union Opposes USMCA 12102019.pdf (579KB)</a>; </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div align="center" style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width: 0in;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" style="padding: 3.75pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div></td><td valign="top" style="padding: 3.75pt;" class=""><br class=""></td><td valign="top" style="padding: 3.75pt;" class=""><br class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><strong class=""><u class="">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</u></strong><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: auto; widows: auto; text-align: center;" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__t.congressweb.com_l_-3FOYMPACQEERFCEBH&d=DwMCAw&c=L93KkjKsAC98uTvC4KvQDdTDRzAeWDDRmG6S3YXllH0&r=ppAgK8w4ooUEAsZyGlsCHJq8zAT42ydPD4nu55JGYn0&m=fFWoS19I9NV7QNhAV1-02FU5k3hd4KFqvWx4wPBCHf4&s=9NOuwhmnpvaS2toi9FiXMKRbwwYDSc29KwFBW-TScVA&e=" style="color: purple;" class="">Machinists Union Opposes USMCA</a></strong><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""> <br class=""><strong class="">WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2019</strong> – Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), released the following statement on recent developments regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA).<br class=""><br class=""> “The IAM understands that a deal has been reached concerning the USMCA, also known as NAFTA 2.0. As we have made clear from the very beginning of this process, any acceptable deal must effectively address the continued outsourcing of hundreds of thousands of jobs to Mexico.<br class=""><br class=""> “Unfortunately, we are not aware of provisions in the newly negotiated agreement that effectively address this matter, especially when it comes to aerospace and other manufacturing sectors. We also remain troubled over other areas of the agreement that fall short of our repeated recommendations, such as those concerning stronger labor standards, enforcement and rules of origin. Our ability to comment in detail on this agreement is impaired because in the rush to consider such a proposal, we have not even been given the opportunity to review the full agreement in writing.<br class=""> <br class=""> “U.S. workers have been waiting over 25 years for a responsible trade deal that puts their interests ahead of corporations who are fleeing our shores. They are still waiting. The IAM will oppose NAFTA 2.0.”<br class=""><br class=""><em class=""> The IAM represents 600,000 active and retired members in the North American aerospace, defense, airline, manufacturing, transportation, woodworking, the federal sector and other industries. Visit </em><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__t.congressweb.com_l_-3FOYMPACQEERBJLRT&d=DwMCAw&c=L93KkjKsAC98uTvC4KvQDdTDRzAeWDDRmG6S3YXllH0&r=ppAgK8w4ooUEAsZyGlsCHJq8zAT42ydPD4nu55JGYn0&m=fFWoS19I9NV7QNhAV1-02FU5k3hd4KFqvWx4wPBCHf4&s=3evaYGsVMUMgXiAcsRjeNJeaAd8K4fMPd1B0FkUTd3w&e=" style="color: purple;" class=""><em class="">goIAM.org</em></a><em class=""> for more information.</em><br class=""> </div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">===</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="layoutArea" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; orphans: auto; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto;"><b class=""> SIERRA CLUB LCV NRDC </b><div class="column"><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">December 9, 2019
Dear Representative,
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">On behalf of our organizations’ </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">over 9 million members and supporters, we strongly urge you to oppose a renegotiated
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that fails to meet the baseline standards for environmental and
climate protection that the environmental community has consistently called for.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Correcting NAFTA’s environmental failures </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">and addressing climate change in modern trade agreements is a top
priority for our organizations. For over 25 years, NAFTA has contributed to climate change, toxic pollution, economic
insecurity, and social inequity. We will vigorously </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">oppose any deal that would perpetuate NAFTA’s track record of
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">helping corporations dump pollution, outsource jobs, push fossil fuel dependency, and undermine hard-fought
environmental protections.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Before, during, and a</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">fter the Trump administration’s renegotiation of NAFTA, we and other leading environmental
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">organizations repeatedly named </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">specific changes </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">to curb NAFTA’s environmental damage. The administration </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">ignored
nearly all of our concerns</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">. The deal that the Trump administration produced last year </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">– </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">the United States-Mexico-
Canada Agreement (USMCA) </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">– </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">would encourage further outsourcing of pollution and jobs, offer handouts to
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">notorious corporate polluters, and prolong Trump’s polluting legacy </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">for years. The deal not only fails to mention,
acknowledge, or address the climate crisis, but would actually contribute to it.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Since this summer, a team of Democratic members of Congress has worked to try to eliminate these and other
fundamental problems by negotiating meaningful changes to the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Trump administration’s </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">deal. We have actively
supported this effort with detailed recommendations to achieve the following essential environmental priorities:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p><ul style="list-style-type: none;" class=""><li class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">● </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Binding climate standards, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">backed by 110 members of Congress, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">to curb outsourcing of climate pollution and
jobs and to ensure the U.S. and its trading partners fulfill commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p></li><li class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">● </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Binding clean air, water, and land standards to halt the dumping of pollution in Mexico</span></p></li><li class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">● </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Obligations to fulfill commitments under an array of key multilateral environmental agreements
</span></p></li><li class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">● </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">A new, independent and binding enforcement system to stop environmental violations
</span></p></li><li class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">● </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Removal of corporate polluter handouts that support tar sands oil and fracked gas</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p></li><li class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">● </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Elimination of broad rights for corporate polluters to sue Mexico over environmental policies in tribunals</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p></li><li class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">● </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Elimination of rules that would help corporate polluters weaken and delay our environmental regulations
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">If these baseline environmental criteria are met, a new deal would truly </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">help to curb NAFTA’s environmental damage</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">.
However, if a final deal fails to reflect these minimum environmental </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">changes, it would perpetuate NAFTA’s legacy of
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">exacerbating pollution and the climate crisis. The greatest environmental challenge of the 21</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: 5pt;" class="">st </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Century </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">– </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">climate
change </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">– </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">cannot be ignored by modern trade agreements. We cannot afford to lock ourselves into another multi-decade
trade deal that is on the wrong side of our historic fight to tackle climate change and toxic pollution.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">To protect the health of people and our planet, we urge you to oppose any deal that fails to correct the fundamental
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">environmental failures of the Trump administration’s USMCA
</span></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="layoutArea" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; orphans: auto; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: auto;"><div class="column"><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Sincerely,
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Michael Brune
Executive Director
Sierra Club</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p></div><div class="column"><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Gene Karpinski<br class="">
President<br class="">
League of Conservation Voters</span></p></div><div class="column"><p class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">Mitch Bernard<br class="">
Interim President<br class="">
Natural Resources Defense Council<b class="">
</b></span></p><div style="font-weight: bold;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">===</span></div></div></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="6718F4BE-2DB2-4D1E-B22D-71103B5FB369" height="99" width="426" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.png@01D5AF38.EEDE40B0" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Improvements to the USMCA<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Democrats Secure Wins For The People in the New North American Free Trade Agreement<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">After months of negotiations with the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), House Democrats achieved transformative changes to the new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that will bolster America’s economy, support workers, protect the environment, and improve access to affordable prescription drugs. While the Trump Administration’s original Agreement fell short of Democrats’ high standards, the revised version will serve as a model for future U.S. trade agreements.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Democrats secured critical improvements in the following areas:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">ENFORCEMENT<o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Stronger Rules</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">: House Democrats closed enforcement loopholes and streamlined the dispute settlement system to ensure that our trading partners live up to their commitments:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Removed language allowing a responding party to block the formation of a dispute settlement panel.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">For the first time in a trade agreement, created rules of evidence – rules that will help the United States successfully litigate labor, environmental, and other fact-intensive disputes.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">WORKERS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Stronger Rules</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">: The labor rules in U.S. trade agreements have proven difficult, if not impossible, to enforce. House Democrats made key changes to strengthen the rules:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.25pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Removed language making it difficult to prove that our trading partners are failing to live up to commitments to protect workers from violence.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.25pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Created a presumption that a labor violation affects trade and investment and will require the other government to prove otherwise.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Removed language in the Forced Labor provision that had made it effectively unenforceable.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Robust Monitoring</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">: House Democrats demanded new mechanisms and resources to ensure that the U.S. Government effectively monitors compliance with the agreement’s labor obligations specific to Mexico:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Created an interagency committee that will monitor Mexico’s labor reform implementation and compliance with labor obligations.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Created ongoing reporting requirements to Congress.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Established key benchmarks for Mexico’s labor reform implementation process. Failure to comply with these benchmarks will lead to enforcement action under the agreement.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Established Labor Attachés that will be based in Mexico and will provide on-the-ground information about Mexico’s labor practices.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Rapid-Response Enhanced Labor Enforcement</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">: State-to-state dispute settlement by itself has not been effective to ensure that U.S. trading partners live up to their labor commitments. In recognition of this concern, House Democrats established a new and enhanced labor-specific enforcement mechanism that: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Takes immediate effect upon entry into force of the agreement;<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Provides for facility-based enforcement of labor obligations in the agreement within a rapid timeframe;</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Covers all manufactured goods and all services traded between the United States and Mexico;</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Requires verification of compliance by independent labor experts; and<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Leads to penalties on goods and services that are not produced in compliance with the freedom of association and collective bargaining obligations.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">ENVIRONMENT<o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Stronger Rules: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">House Democrats insisted on the inclusion of strong, high-standard rules that are clear and enforceable:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Created a presumption that an environmental violation affects trade and investment and will require the other government to prove otherwise.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Added commitment that all Parties will adopt, implement, and maintain seven multilateral environment agreements (MEAs), and additional language that allows all Parties to agree to add to the list of covered MEAs. </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Restored a provision in the old NAFTA that prioritizes MEA commitments when implementing MEA and trade agreement obligations.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Removed language in order to allow the Montreal Protocol to be covered in this agreement.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Robust Monitoring: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">House Democrats urged the creation of new mechanisms and the allocation of additional resources to monitor whether environmental protections are being applied:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1.35pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Created an interagency committee that will: </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">o <i class="">Conduct an assessment of the current environment landscape of Canada and Mexico; </i><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 1.35pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Monitor implementation of the environment obligations and recommend enforcement actions in connection to the new NAFTA; and</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Provide a platform for better coordination, utilization, and funding of U.S. Government efforts to strengthen environment practices amongst NAFTA Parties.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Established environment-focused attachés in Mexico City that will regularly monitor Mexico’s environment laws, regulations, and practices.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">New Accountability: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">To hold partners and actors accountable to the agreement, House Democrats insisted on creating and enhancing relevant mechanisms, resources, and commitments:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">A new customs verification mechanism to ensure that only legally harvested and taken flora and fauna are traded through Mexico;</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">A new authorization of the North American Development Bank and funding for EPA grants under the Border Water Infrastructure Program to address pollution on the U.S.-Mexico border; and</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Additional funds to the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund to be used for environment-focused enforcement efforts.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">PRESCRIPTION DRUGS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Preservation of Congress’s Power to Legislate</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">: House Democrats removed provisions that contribute to high prescription drug prices to preserve Congress’s ability to change U.S. law to improve access to affordable medicines:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Removed provision requiring the Parties to provide at least 10 years of exclusivity for biologics, some of the most expensive drugs on the market.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Removed provision requiring the Parties to confirm that patents would be available for new uses of known products. This provision would have locked in the practice of “patent evergreening,” in which pharmaceutical companies obtain hundreds of patents related to a product to block generic competition and price reductions.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Removed provision requiring three additional years of exclusivity for clinical information submitted in connection with new uses of previously-approved pharmaceutical products. This is another way that pharmaceutical companies delay competition and access to affordable medicines.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Ensuring Fair Competition</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">: House Democrats’ revisions focus on maintaining the balance between competition and incentives for innovation that is in U.S. law but was not fully reflected in the United States Mexico Trade Agreement (USMCA):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Revised regulatory review provision to clarify the circumstances in which generic and biosimilar companies may use a patented invention so that they can obtain marketing approval on day one of patent expiration. </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Revised data protection provision to incorporate limitations in U.S. law that foster generic competition.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Reflecting May 10th Principles: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">House Democrats pushed for key principles to improve access to medicines that were included in previous U.S. trade agreements with Peru, Panama, and Colombia:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 2.2pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Revised patent linkage provision to remove the “hard linkage” of regulatory approval and patent status. Under an annex to the agreement, Mexico must ensure that all interested parties receive notice and an opportunity to be heard. The revision also includes language that permits incentives for generic competition and improves transparency.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Revised patent term adjustment provision to provide non-exhaustive examples of limitations on the adjustment of patent terms for regulatory delays.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">A NEW STANDARD FOR U.S. TRADE AGREEMENTS<o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></u></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">Taken in whole, these substantial changes House Democrats secured are a true transformation of the original United States Mexico Canada Agreement. The USMCA that the Trump Administration proposed was not enforceable and failed to make critical updates to the existing NAFTA. Democrats rejected that weak agreement and negotiated extensive improvements that make this new version of the USMCA a good deal for workers, patients, and our environment. This revised agreement is a win for the U.S. economy and American families, and it will serve as the new standard for all future U.S. trade deals.</span></div></div></div></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">===</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://aflcio.org/pressreleases/afl-cio-endorses-usmca-after-successfully-negotiating-improvements" class="">https://aflcio.org/pressreleases/afl-cio-endorses-usmca-after-successfully-negotiating-improvements</a></div><div id="block-afl-page-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(55, 58, 58); font-family: 'Proxima Nova', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><header class="article-header container" style="box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; width: 1140px; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 4rem;"><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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margin-right: -15px; margin-left: -15px;"><div class="content-col" style="box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; width: 760px; min-height: 1px; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; max-width: 66.66667175292969%; margin-left: 190px;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Labor Federation President Richard Trumka on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), provided final text accurately reflects changes:</span></span></span></em> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Make no mistake, we demanded a trade deal that benefits workers and fought every single day to negotiate that deal; and now we have secured an agreement that working people can proudly support. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">I am grateful to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies on the USMCA working group, along with Senate champions like Sherrod Brown and Ron Wyden, for standing strong with us throughout this process as we demanded a truly enforceable agreement. I also commend Ambassador Robert Lighthizer for being a straight shooter and an honest broker as we worked toward a resolution. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Working people are responsible for a deal that is a vast improvement over both the original NAFTA and the flawed proposal brought forward in 2017. For the first time, there truly will be enforceable labor standards—including a process that allows for the inspections of factories and facilities that are not living up to their obligations.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">The USMCA also eliminates special carve outs for corporations like the giveaway to Big Pharma in the administration’s initial proposal and loopholes designed to make it harder to prosecute labor violations.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">The USMCA is far from perfect. It alone is not a solution for outsourcing, inequality or climate change. Successfully tackling these issues requires a full-court press of economic policies that empower workers, including the repeal of tax cuts which reward companies for shipping our jobs overseas. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">But there is no denying that the trade rules in America will now be fairer because of our hard work and perseverance. Working people have created a new standard for future trade negotiations. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">President Trump may have opened this deal. But working people closed it. And for that, we should be very proud. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN" style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Contact: Carolyn Bobb (202) 637-5018</span></span></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></article></div></div><div class="">===</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The following is a statement from Democracy for America CEO Yvette Simpson responding to the U.S. House Democratic leadership’s NAFTA 2.0 announcement:</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">"On policy, the jury is still out on whether the heavily revised NAFTA 2.0 will be a win for the country. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">"Some unions are supporting the deal while others aren't, but the idea that any trade agreement touched by the Trump administration can be trusted to protect the environment, prioritize worker safety, or hold big pharma's feet to the fire is absurd.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">"Meanwhile, politically, making this deal today, of all days, is a major strategic misstep. Swing district Democrats won't win a single new vote by agreeing to pass this trade deal. Meanwhile, Donald Trump will be spending the next 11 months bragging about the trade agreement he "alone" passed, despite the political capital Democrats sunk into making sure NAFTA 2.0 was slightly better than the deal it’s replacing.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">"Yes, Democrats made NAFTA 2.0 better, but any corporate Democrat who pushed to get this agreement passed that thinks Donald Trump is going to share the credit for those improvements is dangerously gullible.” </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">-- Yvette Simpson, CEO, Democracy for America</span></div></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">===</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">ASSOCIATION FOR AFFORDABLE MEDICINES</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; white-space: normal;" class=""><span class="title"><span style="font-size: 27pt; font-family: 'Roboto Light'; font-weight: normal;" class=""><a href="http://bit.ly/2E3kwu3" style="color: purple;" class="">USMCA Trade Agreement: A Victory for America’s Patients</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 27pt; font-family: 'Roboto Light'; font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: 'Roboto Light'; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class="">WASHINGTON DC (December 10, 2019) – Today’s agreement reached by the Congressional Trade Working Group and the Trump administration represents a victory for patients.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: 'Roboto Light'; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: 'Roboto Light'; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class="">The revised text creates greater opportunities for patients in Mexico, Canada and the United States to access less expensive medicines and promotes a competitive pharmaceutical market across the three countries. The improved pharmaceutical provisions create the balance between access to medicines and support for innovation that was included in bipartisan 2015 Trade Promotion Authority legislation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: 'Roboto Light'; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: 'Roboto Light'; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);" class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/vOWhJGnThzI" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(29, 141, 238);" class="">AAM is pleased</span></a> that Congress and the Administration have made changes to USMCA that support open markets, greater competition and improved cost savings for patients and the three health care systems.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;" class=""><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://bit.ly/2E6xszr" style="color: purple;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="7F20865F-CFC4-48D6-A10D-481238841F65" height="302" width="531" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5AF49.3E6E0A10" class=""></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;" class="">===</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;" class="">RON WYDEN</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">MEMORANDUM<o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width: 472.5pt; margin-left: 0.9pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="55" valign="top" style="width: 41.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">To:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td><td width="575" valign="top" style="width: 431.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Reporters and Editors<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="55" valign="top" style="width: 41.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td><td width="575" valign="top" style="width: 431.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Keith Chu, Office of Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="55" valign="top" style="width: 41.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Date:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td><td width="575" valign="top" style="width: 431.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">December 6, 2019<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td width="55" valign="top" style="width: 41.4pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Re:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td><td width="575" valign="top" style="width: 431.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Wyden Statement on Agreement to Update NAFTA<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to news that the administration has reached an agreement with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on changes to NAFTA 2.0:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <br class=""><b class="">“Let’s be clear what’s happened: Donald Trump, who said in the 2016 campaign that he would get rid of NAFTA, has now bulked it up and expanded it. Donald Trump did so after I and others said his first NAFTA rewrite did not do enough to protect American workers from trade cheats and level the playing field for our employers. <o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“I do not have the details on how closely the agreement adheres to the Brown-Wyden trade enforcement regime, and I will be scrutinizing it closely to determine whether the final proposal contains the trade enforcement tools we have proposed.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">A web version of this memorandum is <a href="https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-statement-on-agreement-to-update-nafta" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">here</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">###</span></div></div></div></div></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="layoutArea">
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