Sanders writes: "We need a trade policy in America that works for working families, not the CEOs of multi-national corporations."
Sen. Bernie Sanders. (photo: Getty)
20 September 19
ep. Debbie Dingell is right. If the NAFTA 2.0 deal is as good as the president claims it is, why is it that the strongest supporters of this deal are large, multi-national corporations that have outsourced hundreds of thousands of jobs overseas? The reality is that Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 would do nothing to prevent corporations from shipping jobs to Mexico where workers are paid less than two bucks an hour. It includes outrageous giveaways to the fossil fuel industry that will make it easier for corporations to pollute the air we breathe and the water we drink. It includes an even bigger giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry that would prevent Congress from lowering the outrageous prices Americans pay for prescription drugs, while increasing prices in Canada and Mexico.
U.S. trade agreements should stop the outsourcing of jobs, end the race to the bottom, protect the environment and lower the outrageously high price of prescription drugs. We need a trade policy in America that works for working families, not the CEOs of multi-national corporations.
