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Analysts: UAW strike complicated by trade issues, could delay USMCA

September 18, 2019 at 5:33 PM
The United Autoworkers union’s decision to go on strike against General Motors could hamper efforts to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, analysts said this week, contending that trade issues are complicating negotiations between UAW and GM. About 50,000 GM workers have been on strike since Monday as the GM and the UAW negotiate over wage raises. The House is unlikely to bring USMCA up for a vote while UAW is on strike, according to Flavio Volpe, the president of Canada’s Automotive...

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