NGO That Usually Opposes Trade Deals Identifies Attractive Changes to NAFTA
A recent blog post by Public Citizen, a nonprofit organization that rallied opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, identifies changes to NAFTA that it says make it possible that Democrats will support the revision. The April 12 post says the "major…
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rollback of investor-state dispute settlement," the wage content element of the auto rules of origin as well as the tighter rule, and the new labor chapter are all reasons that traditional free-trade foes have not lined up to defeat the pact in Congress. "That congressional Democrats, unions and others who have outright opposed past pacts seek improvements rather than the deal’s demise reveals there is a path to build broad support for it," Public Citizen said. The blog ostensibly was an analysis of how the International Trade Commission might estimate the economic impact of the NAFTA revision, but concluded that its "report is not likely to reveal much about either the pact’s probable effects or its prospect for congressional passage."