NAFTA Archives - nwLaborPress

July 1, the day ‘Free trade’ died

Jul 14, 2021

ITC says 40 years of trade deals didn’t help much. Our assessment: They accelerated the loss of American manufacturing.

House passes NAFTA re-write

Jan 2, 2020

It’s the first major change to NAFTA since the three-nation trade agreement first took effect 25 years ago.

AFL-CIO endorses Trump’s revised re-write of NAFTA trade treaty

Dec 18, 2019

For the first time in a generation, NAFTA is getting a re-write, and even America’s premier trade union federation has endorsed the final draft.

Trump’s new NAFTA: Is America’s trade policy at a crossroads?

Apr 16, 2019

When Portland Congressman Earl Blumenauer learned he’d be the new chair of a House trade subcommittee, the first call he made was to Oregon AFL-CIO president Tom Chamberlain.

Trump denounces America’s top labor leader … on Labor Day

Sep 4, 2018

The tweet was in reaction to an appearance on Fox News Sunday by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

An end to NAFTA?

Sep 4, 2018

A new two-nation trade deal with Mexico could take the place of the three-nation agreement known as NAFTA.

Untangling Trump’s trade policy

Jul 3, 2018

Given Trump’s habit of contradictory statements, tweeted policy announcements and reversals, and personal spats with foreign heads of state, it can be hard to keep up.

Replace NAFTA, don’t make it worse

Apr 3, 2018

Can President Trump deliver on his pledge to make trade agreements better for American workers?

Trump NAFTA proposal: End corporations’ right to sue governments

Nov 28, 2017

When it comes to trade policy, an administration that has otherwise sided almost wholly with business lobbies is listening, a little, to organized labor.

Trump does NAFTA

Aug 30, 2017

Despite what Trump says, NAFTA is not a failed trade agreement. Written by and for the benefit of corporate elites, it’s a resounding success — for them.