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"many Democrats say they want the new agreement to strengthen its protections for American workers from low-wage Mexican competition. Yet any such changes could raise new objections from Republican free traders who want to limit the ways the pact could restrict corporate practices in North America."
"Many trade analysts say the new NAFTA isn’t very different from the old one despite Trump’s claim that it would “transform North America back into a manufacturing powerhouse.”..."For years, it was the Democrats who complained about NAFTA, which tore down most trade barriers between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. They argued that it encouraged U.S. companies to close factories, lay off American workers and move to Mexico to capitalize on cheap labor. By contrast, pro-business Republicans defended the deal, which they said encouraged an explosion in trade among the three North American countries that benefited all three."
So despite your hypeman post, it is the republicans who are against the american people while Democrats continue to be their champion. The only screw ball was that the Republican president campaigned against Republican dogma, but ended up being full of fluff and hot air either way.
... did you even read the article or did you just repeat the usual preprogrammed drivel?
Whether or not the new NAFTA agreement is different, or more (or less) beneficial to the people of America, is irrelevant to the politics of the moment. Any attempt by Ms. Pelosi to block the new agreement will be to Trumps political benefit - the American people are clueless on the principles behind free trade, and (like all of us) unable to evaluate a complex trade agreement. HOWEVER THEY DO KNOW, when Democrats (or anyone else) sides with Mexico and Canada over the American people, that when Trump is blocked from keeping his promises to blue collars - well, it will backfire.
This is a typical case of the politics of "form over substance"; in a battle of imagery over whose side your on Trump will win the PR war if Democrats refuse to cooperate.