PUBPOL 201 Chapter 1: Module 1 Reading 5 Overhauling NAFTA
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Barack obama and hillary clinton concurred that the north american free trade. Agreement was a bad deal both say that as president they would renegotiate the agreements to include enforceable worker and environmental protections that were left out of the original agreement. Jeff faux argues that this wouldn"t go far enough. Nafta"s basic assumptions were wrong: its promoters told american workers not to worry about losing jobs to low-wage. Nafta could provide a similar fund for investment in mexico in exchange for changes in. Organize labor thinks so union officials are hoping that pres. trumps nationalist pronouncements, betting that he can deliver what president clinton failed to put on the table: real protection against cheap. Germany also impose this rule on the u. s. , since our manufacturing workers surely make less than their german counterparts who are working under industry-level labor agreements? . American floor is unlikely to improve jobs or wages in the united states.
