It's Time to Face NAFTA’s Jobs Myth
It's Time to Face NAFTA’s Jobs Myth
Negotiators will face tough issues in the third round of NAFTA talks. They should start with misperceptions about its impact on jobs.
A third lightning round of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks begins in Ottawa on September 23. Negotiators reportedly made progress during the first two go-rounds in Washington and Mexico City, reaching tentative agreements on intellectual property, e-commerce, and environmental protections, likely following the general outlines hammered out within the Transpacific Partnership agreement, or TPP. Yet the thornier issues – investor dispute settlement options, rules of origin, Buy American clauses, and importantly labor rules and wages – remain. And even as trade negotiators...
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