A Petition To the Next President of the United States: Renegotiate NAFTA

Closed factory.While campaigning, you heard millions of Americans attest to the disappearance of secure industrial jobs, the devastated communities and shuttered small businesses that accompanied that job loss and the growing inequality in wealth and opportunity. You heard the clamor for fair trade instead of unregulated “free trade.” You may even have promised that, if elected, you would renegotiate a treaty that, 15 years after its adoption, is not meeting the social and economic needs of the American people or the needs of most Canadians or Mexicans, for that matter. Campaign rhetoric is not enough; changes are needed in our trade and investment policies. We therefore call upon you, immediately after you take office, to begin renegotiating NAFTA. An overhauled treaty should follow the Principles of Fair Trade , which should also be integral to future trade agreements and the basis for renegotiating existing trade treaties.

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Why renegotiate?

The NAFTA signing ceremony.In the fifteen years since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was established, the flow of goods across national borders has increased and the profits of multinational corporations have been augmented. However, the social and economic costs to the majority of North Americans have been considerable.

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