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Automaker groups warn US tariffs will undermine new NAFTA deal

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US automakers and parts suppliers on Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs and threatened car tariffs would undermine the benefits of the new deal to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement, causing widespread job losses. At a wide-ranging hearing before the US International Trade Commission, labor representatives said the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) fails to include adequate enforcement of labor standards, while Southeastern US fruit and vegetable growers said it leaves them vulnerable to subsidized Mexican competition.
 
 
 
 
 

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