CLAIM: Former Vice President Joe Biden argued on Thursday that during the Obama administration, Democrats were hampered in their promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by Republicans in Congress. VERDICT: Mostly False. The Obama administration was in office less than four months when the White House announced they would not reopen […]
Posts Tagged ‘renegotiating’
E.U. to Trump: ‘We’re Not Renegotiating Iran Nuclear Deal’ – Israel Not Happy
September 21st, 2017 Awake Goy
BFFs: Netanyahu instructing the US President on what to do, what to say. Patrick Henningsen21st Century Wire After this week’s UN General Assembly, it’s pretty clear that the Iran nuclear deal may be in jeopardy. Not from a European perspective, but from Washington’s end of things. As I pointed out at the time, from the […]
Renegotiating NAFTA Is Putting Lipstick On A Pig
August 28th, 2017 Awake Goy
Above photo: From Trade Union Freedom. The first round of the Trump administration’s NAFTA renegotiations began in Washington wrapped up on Saturday. The negotiators will meet again in September in Mexico City and then again in October in Canada. The United States has not yet proposed any specific measures on important issues such as labor rights, currency manipulation, […]