AFL-CIO reaffirms commitment to pro-worker trade deals, questions Trump's approach
The AFL-CIO this week reiterated its support for pro-worker provisions U.S. negotiators purportedly want in a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement like eliminating the investor-state dispute settlement system, strengthening “Buy American” conditions and requiring periodic reviews of the agreement, but voiced concern about the Trump administration’s broad use of tariffs. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the group’s Executive Committee expressed support for the Sections 232 and 301 tariffs, but questioned President Trump's “seemingly haphazard approach to enforcement and...