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NAFTA 2.0 Enshrines Deregulation for all of North America
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NAFTA 2.0 Enshrines Deregulation for all of North America

Trump’s re-negotiated NAFTA, now called the USMCA, pushes food safety and other forms of deregulation to new extremes, making it more difficult to undo the damage even after Trump leaves office, says Patrick Woodall of…

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NAFTA at 25: A New Beginning? (Pt 1/2)
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NAFTA at 25: A New Beginning? (Pt 1/2)

January 1st marks 25 years since NAFTA – the North American Free Trade Agreement – went into effect, fundamentally altering trade relations in North America. Who benefited and who lost from this trade deal? Long-time…

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NAFTA at 25: A New Beginning? (Pt 2/2)
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NAFTA at 25: A New Beginning? (Pt 2/2)

Sometime later this year NAFTA 2.0, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), is supposed to go into effect. Is it an improvement over the old NAFTA in any way? We speak to long-time NAFTA activist Lori Wallach…

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Biden’s Real Union & Labor Track Record
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Biden’s Real Union & Labor Track Record

Biden has presented himself as a friend of unions. But does he have a record of showing up for workers? Kamau Franklin and Jeff Cohen discuss his record with host Jacqueline Luqman Subscribe to our…

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Mexico’s wind energy farms aren’t as ‘clean’ as you think
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Mexico’s wind energy farms aren’t as ‘clean’ as you think

Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/wind-energy-in-mexico-is-not-as-clean-as-you-think In March 2023, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry met with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Oaxaca, Mexico, to discuss U.S.-Mexico collaboration over renewable energy. It was announced…

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