United States: AFL CIO union federation backs President Trump’s NAFTA negotiations

Leaders of the union federation AFL-CIO that groups some 56 unions have converged on some areas in the NAFTA renegotiations
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Unusual source of support. The AFL-CIO union federation is backing President Donald Trump’s administration’s efforts to reform NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America). ,The unions, which have been holding their annual convention in Saint Louis (Missouri) would normally be seen as Democrat supporters and in fact continue to counter the Republican President on several fronts incl

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