Remember When The USMCA Was The Be All And End All Of Trade Agreements?

One of the hallmarks of the great negotiators regime was supposedly the new USMCA (United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement)…the perfect free trade agreement. And a vital agreement replacing NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) that was so unfair to the United States…and allowed Mexico and Canada…to take advantage of us. The USMCA…

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Remember The GOP Busting Pelosi’s Chops To Pass the USMCA

For weeks we’ve heard the continuous prattle out of the GOP from Robin Vos to anyone and everyone in the US Senate…that the do nothing House Democrats needed to pass the USMCA immediately for the good of the nation…while all ‘the Dems’ cared about about was impeachment, impeachment, and impeachment….

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And Now Pence On The (unratified) USMCA

A few weeks ago I mentioned that a number of GOP elected officials were touting the USMCA and the grand advantages that it would bear for Wisconsin. Well today it’s Vice President Mike Pence who is praising the trade agreement and the manufacturing jobs that it is going to preserve…

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I Thought Trump Had Fixed This:

President Donald Trump visited Green Bay Wisconsin last night and held one of his rallies as part of the 2020 Presidential Campaign. After railing on about how Harley-Davidson is being treated unfairly in the world market…he proceeded on about NAFTA. Both (Senator Bernie) Sanders and Trump are expected to run…

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So Where Is The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

No, really, this is a serious question. The president denounced NAFTA and praised his new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ( USMCA) to the heavens. But the ink on the agreement is long since dried but nobody…not Canada…not Mexico…and not the United States has approved it yet. I mean it was signed…

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