Last week, you noticed that the Trump administration released its document of negotiating objectives for NAFTA 2.0. Our post, as Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, about this is the most previous post on this site. It is our statement of response to the Trump release.
But you might be wondering… what are other corners of civil society (and labor and the like) saying about the Trump release?? Well, let’s give you a thorough answer. Many people have given their specific side of the larger story that the Trump plan falls unacceptably short. (It’s not just Arthur Stamoulis of Citizens Trade Campaign whose statement we linked in the earlier post.)
People — speaking for their estimable and diverse organizations — who have weighed in include Richard Trumka, James P. Hoffa, Leo Gerard, Robert Martinez, Jr, Chris Shelton, Michael Brune, Bill Waren, Roger Johnson, Juliet Majot, and of course Lori Wallach.
Here are the statements/reactions in comprehensive, list form:
AFL-CIO
“Administration Falls Woefully Short in NAFTA Renegotiation Plans”
Teamsters
“Teamsters Disappointed by Lack of Specifics in New NAFTA Objectives”
USW
“Administration’s NAFTA Renegotiation Objectives Must Reverse Past Failures”
USW+Sierra Club (Gerard and Brune publish as co-author, op-ed contributors at Morning Consult)
“Wanted: A Trade Agenda That Values People Over Corporations”
IAM
“Working People Must Come First in NAFTA Negotiations”
CWA (their general release)
“New NAFTA Looks a Lot Like TPP”
CWA (Chris Shelton’s article as a guest commentator at CNBC)
“Trump’s new NAFTA plan is all wrong. Here’s what he needs to do to fix it”
UAW (Note: this is an exception — not actually a reaction to the Trump release, as, it predates it. But it is stellar and from an important voice — Dennis Williams, president of United Auto Workers — so it’s included.)
“New NAFTA for Working Families”
Sierra Club
“Trump’s Promised NAFTA ‘Plan’ Keeps Workers and Communities in the Dark”
Friends of the Earth (their brief statement)
“Trump’s NAFTA Renegotiation Objectives Indicate Possible Stealth Attack on Public Health, Food, Agriculture”
Friends of the Earth (their full statement)
“NAFTA Renegotiation: A Stealth Attack on Food, Agriculture, Chemicals, and Biotechnology Safeguards”
National Farmers Union
“NAFTA Objectives a Missed Opportunity for Family Farmers”
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy
“NAFTA Renegotiation Objectives Fall Short for Farmers and the Planet”
National Family Farm Coalition
“Rural America Cannot Export Its Way Out of Financial Ruin”
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante
“Migrant Workers Left Out of NAFTA”
Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
“NAFTA Plan Does Not Describe Promised Transformation of NAFTA to Prioritize Working People”