Sanders - Wants to renegotiate NAFTA 1.1 (USMCA)

[Jimmy Higgins]

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Bernie Sanders said he would “immediately begin renegotiating” the new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada on his first day in office as president.

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“The NAFTA 2.0 that Trump signed today is an absolute disaster,” Sanders said in a statement. “In addition to doing nothing to stop the offshoring of jobs, the deal is a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry at a time when climate change threatens our planet.”

He also said the deal does nothing to prevent companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. from dumping waste and pollution in Mexico.

“It does not even mention the words ‘climate change,’ the most existential threat facing our planet,” Sanders said.

Jebus... the Trump virus is spreading. We can't just go around changing treaties all the time! And the USMCA can't be that bad seeing it is only mild updating of NAFTA... of which was generally negotiated in bad form by the US with Mexico, but the Dems were able to get a few things added. It updates the deal to include the Internet and makes a couple small changes here and there.

To call it a "disaster" is Trumpian.

 

[laughing dog]

Seems to me that the USA is perhaps entering an era where the actions of the prior President (if from the other party) is necessarily wrong and must be corrected.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Which greatly complicates the ability to actually make treaties down the road.

 

[PyramidHead]

This agreement was so bad that Chuck Schumer refused to sign it. If you care about climate change, then mistakes made in treaties that exacerbate or greatly curtail the ability to stop climate change need to be addressed. We don't have the luxury of being hands-off with a problem of this scale and the actions of an administration this committed to ignoring it.

 

[laughing dog]

This agreement was so bad that Chuck Schumer refused to sign it. If you care about climate change, then mistakes made in treaties that exacerbate or greatly curtail the ability to stop climate change need to be addressed. We don't have the luxury of being hands-off with a problem of this scale and the actions of an administration this committed to ignoring it.

If you care about climate change, then negotiate a treaty that focuses on climate change.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I think the USMCA was "negotiated" in bad faith by the US and the Trump Admin, but the changes weren't anywhere near as significant as Trump tried to pretend they were. And as to Climate Change... there is the Paris Accord for that... which we desperately need to get back to.

Whine about climate change and NAFTA is nonsensical and off-topic... not PH for raising it, but Sanders for raising it.

 

[PyramidHead]

I think the USMCA was "negotiated" in bad faith by the US and the Trump Admin, but the changes weren't anywhere near as significant as Trump tried to pretend they were. And as to Climate Change... there is the Paris Accord for that... which we desperately need to get back to.

Whine about climate change and NAFTA is nonsensical and off-topic... not PH for raising it, but Sanders for raising it.

Global economic regulations have everything to do with climate change though, and the Paris Accord is nowhere near enough to fix the problem. We shouldn't be signing new treaties that ostensibly give a pass to the worst climate offenders; each one is a missed opportunity to chip away a bit more at solving the issue, and we don't have unlimited chances.