After meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer Tuesday, the United Auto Workers union is unimpressed with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the proposed replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Lighthizer met with the UAW to drum up support for the bill before it heads to a vote later this summer.Â
“While some progress has been made, it is clear from current auto company investments abroad, that more work needs to be done to make this agreement enforceable and meaningful to our members and their job security,” the UAW said in a statement. “We urge the Administration and Congress to finally create a trade agreement that provides working Americans the job security future they deserve.”
The UAW is echoing similar concerns from congressional Democrats. In a Politico report, Democrats are also concerned about the enforceability of the pact’s labor and environmental standards. However, it’s unclear how to rectify any concerns without reopening USMCA negotiations, something that appears none of the three countries want to do.Â
And it’s not just Democrats who have concerns about the bill. Some Republican politicians want the administration to agree to drop tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico. Farm groups and other companies have joined the GOP in the affair.
When President Trump, former Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed USCMA last year, it was believed Congress would pass the NAFTA replacement without much fanfare. However, while Lighthizer is meeting with politicians, unions, lobbyists, and other interested parties about the bill, there appears to be little recourse to make changes that could solidify support.Â
The core of USCMA is a mandate that says 75 percent of a vehicle’s value comes from member nations. It also states 40 percent of that value comes from factories playing at least $16 an hour. This is a way to raise wages in Mexico.Â
Lighthizer is working hard to find support for USMCA, a crucial promise made by Trump during his campaign. The bill is one of the more significant pieces of legislation the administration is rolling out this year. Already, the American Automotive Policy Council, which represents General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, supports USMCA.Â
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A real card-carrying member speaks…
What are you talking about? Unions are not against the agreement and funny you showed the loser Canadian PM in the article who signed the USMCA. Your bias is thick.
Notice the union does not diasgree with our president? No massive strikes or comments against him. Do you report that in GMA?
Do you report that union bosses generally like the prez protecting American workers and families, and a majority of members support the prez?
Sorry, you just seem so lost here on GMA to reality.
To the very political gang at GMA, quit with the fake news!
Mexico and Canada signed the agreement. Are you saying those two countries are weak and had to sign it?
The USMCA make trade FAIR again. NAFTA was not fair as it allowed countries like Canada and Mexico the ability to dump products in the U.S. but block American products from easy sale through regulations and high taxes. Free trade, eh? However, the USMCA rectifies this and makes trade FAIR and FREE again.
Remember when Sea.n was beside himself telling us NAFTA would “never be renegotiated.”. LOL
Nice that you show a photo of the disgraced Canadian Prime Minister who is currently embroiled in a massive corruption and ethics probe and an absolute majority of Canadians hate him. But you don’t show a photo of the Mexican prez…Are you racist?
FACTS: U.S. president won trade negotiations for USMCA. The Mexican president signed it. The Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau signed it too. End of story, except if you are too far out in left field, I guess.
You fail to realize that your president trump is EMBROILED IN CORRUPTION AND AN ETHICS PROBE.
Did you know there has been no proof whatsoever that President Trump did anything wrong and that those “probes” are lead by angry Democrats who lost the election to him? You do know that the upcoming Mueller report will show no Russian collusion, right? Even Dems are distancing themselves from the fraudulent investigation lately.
I love how leftist always when caught in criminal activities will say “yeah, but he did it too!”. What are you, a 13-year-old?
Does your Magic Eight Ball tell you something every day? Old wilbur ross is a billionaire, betsy devoss is a billionaire and the queen of WWE is also a billionaire. What has the token black brain surgeon done for the country? Why is a group of russians showing up in trump’s building while he is running for president? As a 17 year old pimpled boy, what is the latest count of guilty pleas from trump’s boys? You know magic eight balls contribute to juvenile delinquincy!!
Trump won. He is President.
Time to move on, sore loser and realize Hitlery Clinton will never ever be President.
It’s The Russians, The Russians! They did it! Yup!
Lol
Too bad Mueller’s report out soon is going to show absolutely no Russian collusion whatsoever. Thank you far-left Democrats for wasting $40 million+ and over two years to tell us what Americans already knew…Trump did not collude with the Russians and he is building one of the greatest economies ever seen.
No wonder you lost the election.
You do realize Canada has the highest household debt in the WORLD and a failing Canadian economy to boot? Meanwhile the American economy is #1 in the world with record-low unemployment, record-setting stock market, and manufacturing pouring back into the country?
You do realize Justin Trudeau is hated by Canadians with latest polls showing less than 30% of Canadians support him? Something to do with that failing economy, extremist decisions, and a massive corruption probe against him?
Poor sore loser Tommy. You got a lot of down votes, didn’t ya?
Majority seems to disagree with you, eh?
The up/down vote totals on all the comments prove the MAJORITY opinion.
#WINNING!
To the very left-wing/socialist/whatever gang at GMA, we get it…
We know you are still (2 years+!!!) butthurt your candidate didn’t win the election…we get it.
We realize you hate anyone who disagrees with you with your sarcastic and sometimes downright rude comments to readers under the guise of pseudonyms…We get it.
We get it that you seem to have a love fest with any politician that agrees with your far leftist principles…insert photo of smiling Justin Trudeau…we get it.
But do YOU get it that we are tired of the politically tainted articles and sometimes downright pure political propaganda on what should be an AUTO site for all GM fans?
We get it, you hate our President, try to bash him everyday, and push a far-left agenda…But don’t you feel it is time to grow up now?
Your butt hurt president actually received three million less votes than clinton. Washington has upped the corruption since trump and his fellow billionaires came to washington. How many american cars do the trump family own?? Over 22 trillion in debt and growing FELLA.
you don’t seem to understand the people trump brought to Washington are already multimillionaires and did not get into govt to get rich like obama and the clintons who were dirt poor before getting to washington
Canadians don’t have a say in American politics so shut the heck up. Funny how certain Canadians (the bad ones, not the good ones) cry wolf about Americans getting involved in “Canadian affairs”. Don’t be a hypocrite.
You do realize it is estimated that 6 million or so votes are in question because people voted twice, three times, and more and majority were illegal alien voters? Guess who they voted for?
You do realize the Electoral college, which our President win in a landslide, protects America from only two cities controlling the whole of the United States? Why did Hitoery lose the electoral college so badly to President Trump?
You do realize that so much evidence shows the mainstream media rigging the elections against our President? Stay tuned…
You do realize that polling shows… something to do with an amazing economy that others said was impossible.
You do realize Hitlery will never be President, right? Time to Move on…
Do you realize that hundreds of thousands people were not allowed to vote in 2016? Keep spinning the republican line about illegal voters. Funny that all these illegal voters had brown or black skin. Less than 65% of americans voted. Where are the rest??
Tom Schuyler is a typical dumb leftist.
You do realize that we are $22 trillion in debt because OBAMA who DOUBLED the national debt during his term and created more debt than ALL other presidents combined in American history?!
Stop trying to spin it. America now has the best economy in the world because of President Trump. He is trying to fix Obam’s failures and mess.
The world wide recession caused the uptick in the national debt. Go back to your one room school house. Stevie Mnuchin is also a billionaire. America is the richest country on earth, that is why it recovered soonest after the recession. Where is all the infrastructure work being done now that you repubs passed the tax bill and added two trillion to the national debt. Enjoying your pot holes?
Obama DOUBLED the national debt during his term in office. More than ALL American presidents COMBINED in history!
President Trump comes in and turns the economy around immediately, with record-setting GDP growth that Obama said was “impossible.”
Nobody is fooled by your left-wing political spin. At least not intelligent people.
President Trump WON…
Hitlery LOST…
Time to MOVE ON sore loser.
FINAL ANSWER:
Mexico signed it…
Canada and Justin “Canadians hate him” Trudeau signed
President Trump got bi-country and bi-partisan support on his USMCA/ NAFTA overhaul. He did exactly what he said he would do and protected the American people.
#WINNING!