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[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

How is this legal under NAFTA?

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

Last time he was in power, he unilaterally tore up the original NAFTA agreement. He's far more unhinged and unrestrained this time.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Under CUSMA it's not. Not even remotely. Ask if he cares.

What are you gonna do, call the Earth police?

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In theory, USMCA is a law (his own law...) that has been passed by the US Congress. So in theory, he shouldn't be able to just tear it up at a whim.

In practice, with US institutions captured by the trumpist republicans, lol yea.

EDIT: also "the 2020 deal allows for national security exceptions", so that's why he's blathering about the crap he's blathering about. EDIT2: Here, article 32.2.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Isn't there some kind of arbitration clause as well? I seem to remember that being a sticking point, exactly because our government saw creative redefinitions like that coming.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It probably is under USMCA:

"[T]he 2020 deal allows for national security exceptions", which is why he's blathering about the crap he's blathering about.

See here, article 32.2(b).

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

In the current NAFTA 2.0 agreement, signed in 2018, there is a 6-year renegotiation provision. That's what Trump is using to change a whole host of things in the deal.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I don't think fascists are big on fair play.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

NAFTA hasn't existed for years.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

CUSMA is basically NAFTA 2.0, though, so that's not the most helpful reply.

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

That won't load for me for whatever reason. Weird.

It definitely was renegotiated to cover the same parties, and right as the old deal finished.