Connecticut Democrats voted unanimously to bring President Donald Trump’s signature trade deal one step closer to implementation.
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Some CT lawmakers, but not all, embrace U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Reps. Jim Himes and John Larson support a new trade deal that will replace NAFTA, but Rosa DeLauro, a key negotiator of the pact with the White House, is undecided about the agreement.
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DeLauro key player in NAFTA 2.0 talks with White House
DeLauro is part of a team of House Democrats negotiating with the White House over a new trade pact with Canada and Mexico that would replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.
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Pelosi taps Larson and trade pact foe DeLauro to negotiate changes in ‘NAFTA 2.0’
DeLauro is tasked with enforcement of protections for workers and others; Larson will handle environmental concerns.
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Trump agenda clashes with that of CT lawmakers
WASHINGTON – The day after Donald Trump’s stunning victory, Connecticut lawmakers said they would give the new president-elect a honeymoon period, but it may be short lived.
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TPP bad for Connecticut, nation and Obama’s legacy
In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid bare a fundamental contradiction that may well define his presidency − and not for the better. In his speech, he strongly encouraged Congress to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a controversial “trade” deal between 12 Pacific-Rim nations that appears certain to undermine much of the President’s previous seven years of accomplishments in the areas of economic recovery, economic equality, health care access, climate change, and the rescue of the U.S. auto industry.
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Small victories for liberals in trade pact they hate
WASHINGTON – News that the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations had finally reached agreement on a new trade deal was not good for opponents of the pact like Rep. Rosa DeLauro, yet liberals have won a few small victories in the deal.
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Battle lines drawn in Connecticut over Pacific trade deal
WASHINGTON – The battle lines drawn over a proposed U.S. trade pact with 11 Pacific Rim nations are running straight through Connecticut, which has emerged as the home of some of the proposed agreement’s most ardent supporters and bitter foes.
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DeLauro clashes with Obama trade officials over U.S. exports
Washington – Rep. Rosa DeLauro escalated a war on a proposed trade pact between the United States and most Pacific Rim nations by saying on Thursday the nation’s top trade official is wrong about U.S. imports and exports.
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DeLauro breaks with Obama, big CT firms on Pacific trade deal
WASHINGTON – Rep. Rosa DeLauro is on a collision course with President Obama and some of Connecticut’s largest companies over a proposed trade deal with 12 countries on the Pacific Rim that span from Chile to Japan. DeLauro, D-3rd District, has become a leading opponent of the president’s plans for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP.