Six Democratic lawmakers who have long been critical of the North American Free Trade Agreement said Wednesday that Trump’s replacement for it, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement, wasn’t acceptable. It was the latest sign the opposition to the proposed trade deal is growing on the Left, which had previously been skeptical but not actively opposed.
“President Trump failed to move the needle on the changes necessary to protect American workers and consumers in his NAFTA 2.0 agreement,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., responding to President Trump’s State of the Union address. “Democrats would be willing to support a deal that puts working people first by ending outsourcing incentives and sets forth a trade template that supports American workers. However, the text is simply not there yet.”
