Press Release
Trump Administration’s NAFTA Plan Tinkers Around the Edges
… AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement in response to draft changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement from the Trump administration: “President Trump said that NAFTA was the ‘worst trade deal’ and committed to rewriting the rules so that they work for workers and not the super-wealthy. The draft circulated by his administration does none of that. Even The Wall … position. We agree. This draft leaves standing the worst and most oppressive parts of NAFTA. It leaves in place the right of foreign investors to sue the U.S. in private tribunals in order to skirt health, safety and environmental laws. On …