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Ways & Means Democrats cite 'flawed' dispute process in questioning USMCA

April 25, 2019 at 3:14 PM
“Well-known” flaws in NAFTA’s dispute settlement process are making some Democrats question whether to support the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a group of 25 lawmakers said this week. “With the same procedures in place in the new Agreement, what reason do we have to believe that any disputes over broken promises in the labor, environment, or any other chapter in the agreement will lead to recourse or remedy?” the group wrote in an April 25 letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer...

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