I would immediately call the president of Mexico, the president of Canada, to try to amend NAFTA, because I think that we can get labor agreements in that agreement right now.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Obama proposes amending NAFTA to include labor agreements immediately.
- In plain terms
- He suggests updating trade deals to protect workers.
- What can you take from it?
- Update trade agreements to protect labor rights.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can trade benefit workers specifically?
- What changes do labor unions need?
Another view
Trade agreements involve many complex stakeholder interests.
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