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Democratic Freshmen Insist NAFTA’s Renegotiation Prioritize Jobs, Wages and the Environment<\/b><\/h2>\n

Letter to U.S. Trade Representative\u00a0outlines basic criteria that must be met in the NAFTA renegotiation to win Democratic support<\/i><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Washington, DC \u2014 As the current round of negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) concludes with numerous unresolved issues pertaining to jobs, wages and the environment, freshmen Members of Congress are calling on U.S. negotiators to meet five basic criteria crucial to winning Democratic support for a new agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cDepending on the process and the policies pursued in the renegotiation, a resulting deal could help create good jobs, raise wages and safeguard environmental and health protections \u2014 or it could exacerbate NAFTA\u2019s existing offshoring incentives and grant new powers and privileges to the large corporations that shaped past pacts,\u201d said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-7), in a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative signed by twenty-two of the twenty-five new Democratic House members.<\/p>\n

The letter<\/a>\u00a0calls on negotiators to deliver a new agreement that helps “create good jobs, raise wages and safeguard environmental and health protections\u201d by\u00a0eliminating investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS),\u00a0adding strong and enforceable labor and environmental standards, eliminating Buy American and Buy Local government purchasing waivers, requiring imported goods and services to meet U.S. standards, and protecting access to medicines.<\/p>\n

The letter also demands\u00a0\u201ca\u00a0transparent process with U.S. negotiating proposals and draft agreement texts available to Congress and the public and the special access now enjoyed by hundreds of corporate trade advisors ended.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFailure to replace NAFTA would force more Americans into low-paying service jobs, pushing down wages for working\u00a0people across the\u00a0United States and beyond. \u00a0It\u2019s encouraging to see\u00a0Democrats so united in holding the administration accountable to changes that would create good-paying jobs, increase wages, and finally put working people and the plant ahead of corporations,\u201d said Arthur Stamoulis, executive director of Citizens Trade Campaign, a national coalition of labor,\u00a0environmental, family farm, consumer and faith organizations working together to improve U.S. trade policy.<\/p>\n

The letter is online at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/JayapalNAFTALetter1117.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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