A major U.S. labor leader on Monday said there was more work to do on a new U.S....
WASHINGTON - A major U.S. labor leader on Monday said there was more work to do on a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, pushing back against comments from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that a breakthrough was imminent.
U.S. President Donald Trump has been pressuring Congress to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, but House Democrats have been pushing for changes to shore up enforcement of the labor and environmental provisions. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told union members at a convention in Maryland on Monday evening that NAFTA had been “a disaster for working people,” with Maryland alone losing more than 70,000 manufacturing jobs.
“Getting this done right is more important than getting it done fast. So until the administration can show us in writing that the new NAFTA is truly enforceable, with stronger labor standards, there is still more work to be done,” he said.Some of Trump’s key cabinet members will be at the White House on Tuesday for a concerted push for passage of USMCA, White House spokeswoman Roma Daravi said in a post on Twitter on Monday.
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