Mexico becomes first country to approve USMCA....passed with a 114-4 vote...

washingtonexaminer. ^ | 6/19/2019 | y Zachary Halaschak

[caww]

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador convened a special legislative session to hold the vote after the Senate convened in April..“The USMCA is synonymous with opportunity in the short and long term,” Mexican Sen. Verónica Martínez García said of the pact.

Canada has already introduced legislation through its parliament to ratify the agreement and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to lobby Democrats to support the USMCA during his visit to Washington, D.C., this week.

Meanwhile, the deal is running into some roadblocks , Speaker Nancy Pelosi has the authority to bring legislation on the matter before the chamber, but has expressed hesitation about the deal, which she says lacks adequate mechanisms to enforce its labor and environmental provisions.

If the agreement between the three North American countries gets finalized, it will replace NAFTA, which was established in 1994.

[caww]

House Democrats won’t approve the deal unless Mexico brings its labor protection up to par with the U.S.

It must be ratified by each country’s ‘legislature’.

[rlmorel]

That song "Baker Street" had real meaning for me...that song came out when I was on what I knew was going to be my last Med cruise in the Navy, and I was ready to go home, be with my family and friends, I missed them so much.

We were OUTCHOPing on the JFK, anchored off Rota, Spain before we sailed back across the Atlantic to go home. The morning we were weighing anchor, they played that sound over the 1MC for the entire crew, and the last words have just stayed with me my whole life:

But you know he'll always keep moving
You know he's never gonna stop moving
'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone
And when you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
And you're going, you're going home

Whoever chose that song that morning is a hero to me. Every time I hear that song, even now, I get a wave of wonderful nostalgia, remembering how good it felt to be going back to my family and friends...:)

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Too many acronyms in the world. Mostly they exist as an entry barrier to a particular vocation or trade. Things like DASD (IBM hardware) or PPAP (Manufacturing Engineering).

[9YearLurker]

Unfortunately this is a sickening sacrifice of our sovereignty along the lines of the Pacific trade deal that Trump stopped us from getting into.

There is no good reason for then putting it into this deal. We’d be better off with the old NAFTA or no deal than this one.

[pollywog]

I don’t consider myself “ dumb” and I didn’t know either!!

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Oblivious or incognizant? Maybe those are terms I could use.

You pick.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=USMCA

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Here it is as a keyword search.

https://freerepublic.com/tag/usmca/index?tab=articles

[Innovative]

“U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement”

You can go to the link to find out.

The link us posted.

That is how I found out.

[kiryandil]

Not especially. ;-)

[kiryandil]

Welp.

That’s dating me.

I knew instantly what DASD stood for. AS/400 alumni here. ;-)

[Rennes Templar]

I’ve not followed the trade deal closely. I’ve only heard that it balances out uneven trade between the three countries, ie, fosters fair trade, not “free” trade.

Could you share briefly how it sacrifices our sovereignty.

Thanks.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

AS/400... Damn good iron but ridiculously priced. Had one. Got it for free. Ridiculous for a 25 year old to have one at home don’t you think. ;-) Learned a lot from it. Did some of the gui screen scaperification on it for a couple of customers.

[SunkenCiv]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has the authority to bring legislation on the matter before the chamber, but has expressed hesitation about the deal, which she says lacks adequate mechanisms to enforce its labor and environmental provisions.

Thanks caww. I don't think that's going to be a problem in about 19 months.

[DoughtyOne]

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[Eleutheria5]

“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to lobby Democrats to support the USMCA during his visit to Washington, D.C., this week.”

Bring plenty of cash. These aren’t five-dollar crack whore hookers. They’re expensive.

[9YearLurker]

Read this and weep:

https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/30541-what-s-wrong-with-the-usmca

[Shadow44]

You’re right. Mexico has the right to IMMUNITY from any aspect of the free trade agreement that it doesn’t like for “National Sovereignty”. Canada and the US don’t have such rights.

This deal is literally worse than NAFTA because it includes back door amnesty for illegals and an entire section dedicated to LGBT rights which didn’t exist in NAFTA. Trump appointed the same people behind TPP to negotiations and got screwed over.

[Cheerio]

A U.S. Treaty is a document negotiated, signed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. So what has Pelosi got to do with it.

I check replys to your post and noted that someone brought up this is a Trade PACT" What pray tell is the difference between a Trade Treaty and a Trade PACT? Otherwise I agree with you tell grandma Speaker to butt out -she has not yet gained authority to overrule the Senate on a TREATY.

[marajade]

If Mexico just voted approval and Trudeau who is with the President right now wants it, Nancy can pound sand.

[Deplorable American1776]

It is being held up by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, because she thinks the USMCA is the USMC...and she think the USMC will be on the border...😋