house Bill H.R. 5430
Should the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Replace NAFTA?
Argument in favor
The USMCA will provide a much-needed modernization of the trading relationship between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. This bipartisan trade agreement will create jobs in the U.S., strengthen American manufacturing & intellectual property, open markets to U.S. exporters, and contains strong enforcement mechanisms to protect labor and environmental interests.
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12/19/2019
Now that it has been improved and not just renamed by tariff man let’s get it done. And let’s remove Trump so we don’t have an idiot destroying our democracy. His treatment of our allies and praise for murderous dictators undermines our ability to build strong coalitions to deal with countries like China.
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12/19/2019
The USMCA certainly needs some adjusting to assure that it remains an equitable agreement for all counties involved and addresses some key issues like carbon footprint. But, at this time it appears to be generally in the best interests of all of the countries involved- so YEA. The other issues can be addressed separately in the future via negotiations or other legislation- just like NAFTA could have been equitably ‘adjusted’ with none of the drama or economic impact.
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12/19/2019
If labor supports it and it will be a better deal for workers in all three countries, then I say we sign it. We need to move forward.
Argument opposed
While it may be bipartisan, the USMCA doesn’t do enough to open markets in Mexico & Canada to U.S. exporters or contain strong enough protections for the environment and workers. It should include stringent provisions to bind the U.S., Mexico, and Canada to reducing carbon emissions and fighting climate change. The USMCA won’t be an improvement on NAFTA.
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12/19/2019
No longer should any international agreements be signed if they don’t include strong environmental protections. We MUST hold ourselves and our partners hostage to protect the future of our planet and our children’s health and well being!
12/19/2019
This deal is NAFTA, the substance hasn’t significantly changed. This has been a waste of legislative time and taxpayer money; simply to pay lip service to something that isn’t being changed?
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12/19/2019
No new deals under trumps purview. That asshole was born rich and goes around losing money from one bankruptcy to another. I don’t trust for one second that the “new deal” will be “better” for us OR our partners. I think trump will just be finding clever ways to syphon money out of the taxpayer coffers for himself. He wants to hold all the presidential events at his properties for the same reason. He’s a greedy, arrogant, selfish, stupid son of a bitch.
Oh and he’s an impeached criminal.
#FactsMatter
Now that it has been improved and not just renamed by tariff man let’s get it done. And let’s remove Trump so we don’t have an idiot destroying our democracy. His treatment of our allies and praise for murderous dictators undermines our ability to build strong coalitions to deal with countries like China.
No longer should any international agreements be signed if they don’t include strong environmental protections. We MUST hold ourselves and our partners hostage to protect the future of our planet and our children’s health and well being!
The USMCA certainly needs some adjusting to assure that it remains an equitable agreement for all counties involved and addresses some key issues like carbon footprint. But, at this time it appears to be generally in the best interests of all of the countries involved- so YEA. The other issues can be addressed separately in the future via negotiations or other legislation- just like NAFTA could have been equitably ‘adjusted’ with none of the drama or economic impact.
This deal is NAFTA, the substance hasn’t significantly changed. This has been a waste of legislative time and taxpayer money; simply to pay lip service to something that isn’t being changed?
If labor supports it and it will be a better deal for workers in all three countries, then I say we sign it. We need to move forward.
No new deals under trumps purview. That asshole was born rich and goes around losing money from one bankruptcy to another. I don’t trust for one second that the “new deal” will be “better” for us OR our partners. I think trump will just be finding clever ways to syphon money out of the taxpayer coffers for himself. He wants to hold all the presidential events at his properties for the same reason. He’s a greedy, arrogant, selfish, stupid son of a bitch.
Oh and he’s an impeached criminal.
#FactsMatter
This is a disgrace. Barely has any environmental protections. Democrats and Republicans alike should be ashamed of themselves.
The new agreement, USMCA, is essentially NAFTA with a few more worker protections in place. It’s progress. I’ll take it.
Climate Change is a hoax and is nothing more than a way to raise taxes for the Globalist. Climate is cyclical. Always has been always will be. Man cannot change climate, but saving the rain forest will have a much more positive affect for the future as well as protecting the oceans from dumping.
We have to understand that when you are dealing with other people or other countries, unless you are the king of the world you have to compromise to let everyone get something, or no one will get anything.
First of all United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is NAFA just dusted off, a little more works protection, just put the industry and works though hell for no real reason? Things that could have been resolved with out all the drama. Just getting the economy functioning again is great. Agreements on economy are an ongoing for all presidents, Trump likes to bully, intimidate, harass, extort and threaten is his form of negotiation, this is art of the deal, mob boss cartel, Plus it’s show time for him, anytime. As for China we bowered money from China to support the farmers because of the tariffs trump put on China that is causing farmers to go bankrupt? China laughing all the way to the bank!
Ninety percent of the new agreement is NAFTA. But the remaining ten percent are improvements to the former. It's a step in the right direction.
Based on the Fact Sheet showing the differences/improvements it should be ratified. The U.S. should provide training/retraining opportunities, job counseling and financial support for displaced workers and not just leave those workers to fend for themselves. There have been companies and their employees displaced as result of trade agreements in the past and that has created much of the anger attributed to trade agreements but people in each of the partners countries lost jobs. Some of the wiser countries retrained their people for new opportunities. This is something the U.S. has not seen fit to do on a large scale.
Fancy that! And actual businessman in the White House getting even more things done to enhance a record setting economy. But let’s impeach him because he is mean and does not say what some want to hear.
Hard to say. Anything originating from the trump administration should be suspect.
I'm anxious to see the comparison to NFTA, it's my understanding this replacement is very similar to NFTA! The president continues to make decisions where he knows nothing about and depends on yes men, his interference in the economy is very scary!
