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For Immediate Release<\/div>\n
October 1, 2018<\/div>\n
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NAFTA Proposal Falls Short on Jobs, Wages, Human Rights and the Environment<\/strong><\/div>\n
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A Lot More Work Is Needed for a NAFTA Replacement to Benefit Working People and the Planet<\/em><\/div>\n
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Washington, DC \u2014 In response to publication of proposed text <\/a><\/span>for a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Citizens Trade Campaign\u2019s executive director, Arthur Stamoulis, issued the following statement:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“The Trump administration\u2019s current NAFTA proposal fails to include the critical changes necessary to protect jobs, raise wages, defend human rights and reverse environmental damage. \u00a0Substantial additional changes are needed if the pact is going to provide real benefits to people other than corporate elites.<\/div>\n
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“Each week, NAFTA continues to destroy livelihoods across the continent. \u00a0Unfortunately, the deal on offer does not include the enforcement mechanisms for labor and environmental standards needed to prevent employers from moving jobs abroad to areas where worker rights and environmental protection are routinely ignored.<\/div>\n
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“Without strong labor and environmental rules with swift and certain enforcement, Trump\u2019s version of NAFTA will continue to facilitate the outsourcing of jobs, the suppression of wages and the dumping of toxins. \u00a0While steps forward have been made in other areas, a NAFTA replacement without this fundamental fix is a nonstarter.<\/div>\n
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“In addition, Trump\u2019s proposal is significantly worse than the original NAFTA on access to medicines. \u00a0We need trade policies that increase the affordability of life-saving medications \u2014 not ones that extend monopolies for pharmaceutical giants and raise healthcare costs.<\/div>\n
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“Beyond failing to even mention climate change, the current proposal also seeks to maintain special rights for some of the planet’s most egregious corporate polluters. \u00a0If allowed to move forward as written, these handouts to oil and gas companies would prolong NAFTA\u2019s ongoing threats to our air, water and climate.<\/div>\n
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“As much as the White House wants to spin this as a win, a lot more work is needed before there\u2019s a NAFTA replacement deal that working families can be happy about. \u00a0All parties involved should continue working towards a trilateral agreement that actually benefits working people and the planet.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Citizens Trade Campaign is a national coalition of labor, environmental, family farm, consumer and faith organizations working together to improve U.S. trade policy.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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