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The White House • January 29, 2020
PROMISE KEPT: President Trump signs USMCA—NAFTA is gone!
President Trump made history today, signing the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) and keeping his signature promise to end the NAFTA era.
President Trump: For decades, Washington kept letting you down
Repairing broken trade deals was a key agenda item that separated then-candidate Donald J. Trump from his political opponents. Washington pundits and “experts” were skeptical, as always: Both Republican and Democrat politicians for years had been promising voters that they’d scrap NAFTA for a stronger deal.
But President Trump is anything but a conventional, career politician.
“Everybody said that this was a deal that could not be done. Too complicated, too big—couldn’t be done,” the President said today from the South Lawn of the White House. “We got it done.”
USMCA’s improvements over NAFTA are significant. The new agreement “is the largest, fairest, most balanced, and modern trade agreement ever achieved,” President Trump says. Here is just a sampling of the biggest changes:
Broad economic benefits. USMCA is estimated to create nearly 600,000 American jobs—and generate up to $235 billion in economic activity.
Better protection for workers. It has the strongest, most advanced, and most comprehensive labor protections of any American trade agreement in history.
Support for our farmers. The agreement is a massive win for American farmers and ranchers, vastly improving access to Canadian and Mexican markets. U.S. agricultural exports are expected to increase by $2.2 billion under the deal.
A boost for American manufacturers. The U.S. auto industry alone expects to create up to 76,000 new jobs and spur $34 billion in new investments.
Modernized terms. Unlike NAFTA, USMCA has protections for American intellectual property, a first-of-its-kind chapter on digital trade, and provisions to crack down on unfair currency practices.
“Two decades of politicians ran for office vowing to replace the NAFTA,” the President added. “Yet once elected, they never even tried. They never even gave it a shot. They sold out. But I’m not like those other politicians . . . I keep my promises and I’m fighting for the American worker.”
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President Trump: USMCA adds to America’s blue-collar BOOM!
The witch hunt never ends
They say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. If that’s true, then give credit where it’s due: House Democrats and their media allies have put in the hours—and then some.
Sadly, it’s not time spent on any useful skill or on a policy agenda for working Americans. Instead, it’s a 3-year obsession with doing anything possible to get rid of President Trump.
OOPS: Schiff hypothetical exposes Dem hypocrisy on investigations
The split screen in Washington today put a spotlight on the problem. On one side, President Trump stood next to a crowd of blue-collar workers as he signed a trade deal to replace the job-killing NAFTA. On the other, Democrats in Congress continued to waste the American people’s time and money with a never-ending partisan impeachment.
Each time a hoax looks to finally be dead—whether it be the Russia collusion myth or the Ukraine sham investigation—Democrats conjure up some new allegation or distraction. When Speaker Nancy Pelosi first announced a Ukraine impeachment probe before any actual investigation, the focus was on President Trump’s July 25 phone call. Then President Trump released the transcript and told Americans to read it for themselves. Democrats weren’t prepared for that level of transparency.
Democrats probably didn’t count on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy refuting their claims, either. So Pelosi, Rep. Adam Schiff, and other top Democrats tried out a variety of new narratives, ranging from the “whistleblower” that Schiff lied about coordinating with to various made-up claims of extortion and bribery.
Imagine if Democrats had put politics second and the American people first. There’s no limit to what our country could achieve—more middle-class tax cuts, much-needed reforms to immigration, further reductions in prescription drug prices, infrastructure upgrades, and more. America today is thriving. Democrats should join us and keep it going.
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President Trump signs the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement | January 29, 2020
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