Trump, Trade, and Trabajo: Renegotiating NAFTA's Labor Accord in a Fraught Political Climate

Abstract

Quitting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and demanding renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)— along with its supplemental labor pact, the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC)—were among the first actions of the new U.S. Administration in 2017.1 NAFTA renegotiations concluded— for the time being—in October 2018 with announcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to replace NAFTA.2