CD209: USMCA with Lori Wallach

The Trump administration renegotiated NAFTA and the 116th Congress passed those changes in order to make the USMCA into law. In this episode, international trade expert Lori Wallach, the Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, joins Jen to explain the differences between NAFTA and the USMCA. What you hear may surprise you.

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Bills

• Bill: H.R.5430 - United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act Congress.gov, January 16, 2020

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About Lori Wallach

• Lori Wallach, Linked In
• Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, Public Citizen
• About Us, Public Citizen
• About Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch (GTW), Public Citizen
• Public Citizen, Influence Watch
• Global Trade Watch, Facebook
• Global Trade Watch, Twitter
• Lori Wallach, Twitter
• Global Trade Watch, Instagram

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Articles/Documents

• Article: Labelling debate returns to U.S. By Barbara Duckworth, The Western Producer, February 13, 2020
• Article: The US Drops ISDS By Lori Wallach, The Globalist, January 24, 2020
• Article: Lawmakers try to resurrect country-of-origin labeling for beef and pork By Cathy Siegner, FoodDive, November 5, 2019
• Article: Background on the Epic WTO Tuna Dolphin Fight Public Citizen
• Article: COOL for beef, pork on US Senate’s plate By Erica Shaffer, Meat + Poultry, November 4, 2019
• Article: When Pharma Needs a Friend: Conservative House Democrats Move to Protect Drug Company Profits by David Dayen, The American Prospect, October 31, 2019
• Article: While USMCA stalls, lobbying kicks into high gear by Raymond Arke, OpenSecrets.org, May 8, 2019
• Article: Mexico loses 10-year WTO battle over U.S. tuna labeling by Tom Miles, Reuters, December 14, 2018
• Article: The Little-Known Trade Adviser Who Wields Enormous Power in Washington by Ana Swanson, The New York Times, March 9, 2018
• Document: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) By M. Angeles Villarreal and Ian F. Fergusson, Congressional Research Service, May 24, 2017
• Article: Trump's trade pick sails through hearing but faces procedural hangup By Victoria Guida, POLITICO, March 14, 2017
• Article: India, US lock horns over intellectual property at WTO By Amiti Sen, New Scientist, November 11, 2016
• Document: Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling By Joel L. Greene, Congressional Research Service, December 8, 2015
• Article: India surveys aftermath of new patent law By Padma Tata, New Scientist, March 29, 2005

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Additional Resources

• Vote Results: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 5430 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act) United States Senate, January 16, 2020
• Vote Results: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act, FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 701 House of Representatives Clerk, December 19, 2019
• Trade Agreement: Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada 12/13/19 Text Office of the United States Trade Representative, December 13, 2019

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Cover Art

Design by Only Child Imaginations

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Music Presented in This Episode

Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)