The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — also known as “NAFTA 2.0” — has failed to deliver any of its promised benefits to workers. Since the trade agreement was negotiated by President Trump during his first term, the U.S. trade deficit has skyrocketed. One major reason: the USMCA failed to add the provisions needed to prevent corporations from shipping good-paying jobs to Mexico to take advantage of ongoing labor rights violations, lax pollution controls, and abysmally low wages.
The USMCA just entered a mandatory review period, during which countries can make changes to the pact — or extend it as written for another 16 years. Corporate interests will be seeking to even further rig the pact with additional giveaways that enrich themselves at the expense of working people.
UE is part of a large coalition of labor, environmental, and community groups that is mobilizing to demand that changes be made to the agreement to improve labor standards in all three countries. Join us by submitting an official public comment demanding that the USMCA trade deal be rewritten to prioritize job creation, wage increases and an end to corporate giveaways!