The AFL-CIO labor federation and the European Trade Union Confederation issued a joint statement Friday slamming the Trump administration for its recent actions on trade issues, saying it is acting in a reckless manner and destroying the international trade system.
“We support the reform of the multilateral system so that it is more democratic, more open and takes into consideration labor-social-environmental rights, but we oppose efforts to destroy it. The refusal of the Trump administration to engage productively in established multilateral processes at the [Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development] and the G-7 in recent weeks has been detrimental to the international system and we urge the Trump administration to change course,” the groups said.
