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yallerdawg

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2. HOW TPP UPGRADES NAFTA

Thu Nov 5, 2015, 08:00 PM

Nov 2015

Upgrading the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

As President Obama has made clear, past trade deals – including the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA – haven’t always lived up to the hype. That’s why he has called for renegotiating NAFTA to better address labor and environmental issues. Because TPP includes Canada and Mexico and improves substantially on NAFTA’s shortcomings, it delivers on that promise. TPP learns from past trade agreements, including NAFTA, by upgrading existing standards and setting new high standards that reflect today’s economic realities.

Two primary concerns related to NAFTA which were addressed as unenforceable side agreements at the time:

Adopting the highest environmental standards of any trade agreement, including fully enforceable obligations prohibiting some of the most harmful fishery subsidies, creating new tools to combat illegal wildlife trafficking, and improving enforcement of conservation laws.

Adopting the highest labor standards of any trade agreement, including fully-enforceable requirements to protect the freedom to form unions and bargain collectively, prohibitions against exploitative child labor and forced labor, protections against employment discrimination and requirements for acceptable conditions of work.

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any direct link to NAFTA? SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2015 #1

HOW TPP UPGRADES NAFTA yallerdawg Nov 2015 #2

Thank you, yallerdawg! Cha Nov 2015 #3