Friend, 

Instead of helping working people, President Trump’s trade deals have prioritized the interests of greedy corporations.

Now, Trump’s signature trade deal with Canada and Mexico — which helps corporations destroy jobs and increases labor and environmental exploitation both at home and abroad — is up for review.

The Trump administration must hear from all of us on how it should approach the required review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, also known as NAFTA 2.0.

Tell Trump’s U.S. Trade Representative, our country’s lead trade negotiator, that trade with Canada and Mexico must include strong environmental protections, support for good green jobs, and regional cooperation to create more sustainable and resilient manufacturing sectors and supply chains.

Decades of bad trade policy, starting in the 1990s, led to a decline in American manufacturing since then, the outsourcing of hundreds of thousands of good-paying American jobs, and a huge increase in global climate pollution. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that took effect in 1994 was perhaps the most notorious U.S. trade deal, where working people and the environment were sold out to benefit multinational corporations.

Right now, we have a rapidly disappearing opportunity to push for changes to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that prioritize environmental and labor protections and clean manufacturing. A revised USMCA must include stronger and binding labor and environmental provisions and establish new enforcement to ensure that manufacturers and polluters in all three countries are playing by the same rules. Not only will this help ensure we have cleaner air and water but also a thriving economy for all.

We need to hear from you ASAP. Sign today and urge the U.S. Trade Representative to prioritize environmental protection, transparency on remaining pollution levels, and clean manufacturing in USMCA talks, so we do not repeat the mistakes of past trade deals.

Thank you for helping to protect people and the planet, Friend.

Sara Fontes, LCV Senior Advocate on Clean Energy and Climate Change