Today, we turn the page on NAFTA

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Tuesday, October 02, 2018

Today, we turn the page on NAFTA 

This morning from the Rose Garden, President Donald J. Trump unveiled a modernized, rebalanced trade deal with Canada and Mexico—keeping one of the signature promises of his 2016 campaign.

In a stark contrast from the outdated NAFTA, nearly a quarter-century old, the new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) protects American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses. For years, politicians on both sides of the aisle have called for a renegotiation of NAFTA, but President Trump is following through where others have failed time and time again.

In negotiating terms for USMCA, President Trump secured a number of big wins:

• American auto manufacturers and workers will benefit from new rules of origin that require 75 percent of auto content to be produced in North America—incentivizing billions of dollars in additional U.S. auto parts production.
• The USMCA scores a big win for American farmers by eliminating Canada’s “Class 7” program, which allowed others to undersell American dairy products. Canada will provide new access for U.S. dairy products, eggs, and poultry.
• USMCA’s labor chapter represents the strongest labor provisions of any trade agreement in our country, all of which are fully enforceable.

USMCA brings our trade relationship with Canada and Mexico into the 21st century. NAFTA failed repeatedly to keep up with the fast-changing American economy: The old rules helped incentivize offshoring, leading far too many manufacturing jobs to leave our country. The new agreement includes a modernized, high-standard chapter that provides strong protection and enforcement of U.S. intellectual property rights.
President Trump's modern, rebalanced trade deal with Canada and Mexico
Watch: Another promise made, another promise kept

The First Lady takes ‘Be Best’ to Africa

First Lady Melania Trump departed this afternoon for Africa, her first major solo international trip as First Lady, taking her “Be Best” message to the nations of Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, and Egypt this week.

 

Since the launch of Be Best this spring, Mrs. Trump has met with children all over the world, bringing attention to the three pillars of well-being, social media use, and opioid abuse. During this week’s trip, the First Lady will focus on maternal and newborn care in hospitals, education for children, and the deep culture and history that is woven into each African country she’ll visit.

 

“Whether it is education, drug addiction, hunger, online safety or bullying, poverty or disease, it is too often children who are hit first, and hardest, across the globe,” the First Lady said when announcing the trip. “Each of us hails from a country with its own unique challenges, but I know in my heart we are united by our commitment to raising the next generation to be happy, healthy and morally responsible adults.”

See highlights of the First Lady’s Best Best initiative

More: The First Lady’s itinerary for the week ahead

Photo of the Day

 

 

Official White House Photo by Stephanie Chasez

 

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Cabinet members, legislators and senior White House advisers, announces completion of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House | October 1, 2018 

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