Hundreds of civil-society groups to send Congress sweeping NAFTA demands

Members of Congress on Friday will receive from more than 800 civil society groups a fresh set of recommendations for what lawmakers should demand in a new NAFTA, according to a letter obtained by Inside U.S. Trade . The groups, which include the AFL-CIO, Public Citizen and United Steelworkers, spell out a familiar list of priorities for NAFTA, including upgraded and enforceable labor and environment rules and the elimination of investor-state dispute settlement. The groups call for the elimination of...