Labor Unions backing corrupt organized criminal Useful Idiots.

That's nothing new under the Sun.

Trumka certainly tries to grab a lot of credit that was negotiated entirely without his input or any Big Labor negotiators.

FWIW:

https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/33240-ottawau-study-finds-57-of-usmca-copied-from-tpp

OttawaU Study Finds 57 Percent of USMCA Copied From TPP

Written by Christian Gomez
The New American
Tuesday, 27 August 2019

According to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Ottawa (often referred to as OttawaU), 57 percent of the text of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is copied from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Ironically, President Trump has repeatedly described the TPP as a “horrible deal.”

The study, entitled “How much of the Transpacific Partnership is in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement?” was published on June 26, 2019. It has since received little attention from the media, mentioned only as a blurb in Politico’s “Morning Trade,” earlier this month. A copy of the study in its entirety was found tucked away on the American Chamber of Commerce Vietnam (AmCham) website.

Comparing the USMCA to existing free trade agreements, researchers found: “The USMCA closely tracks the structure and text of the TPP. 29 out of 30 TPP chapters have equivalents in the USMCA and 72 percent of the articles in the matched USMCA chapters are found in both agreements.” In other words, not only are many of the chapter titles identical, but so are the various articles and clauses contained in them. “Furthermore, when looked at in the context of all U.S. trade agreements, the USMCA and TPP, based on their textual similarity, appear as belonging to the same generation of treaties. In other words, the USMCA, contrary to Trump’s rhetoric, does not mark a fundamental rupture in U.S. practice and has more in common with the TPP than not,” the study stated.

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OttawaU Study Finds 57 Percent of USMCA Copied From TPP

Much of the mechanics of the agreement are no doubt unchanged as they follow the modern trend in international trade treaties. We should be more surprised if they didn't contain these standard sections found in U.S. trade treaties.

As for 57% vs. 0% vs. 100%, I'll point out how arbitrary such comparisons are. A law or regulation can change entirely based on only a single word of change.

There is some incentive to including some portions of an already-negotiated treaty in a new treaty because then you don't have to fight over any change in the text of the existing treaty.

As for 57% vs. 0% vs. 100%, I'll point out how arbitrary such comparisons are. A law or regulation can change entirely based on only a single word of change.

I did preface my post with "FWIW" (For What It's Worth"]. I knew the text was largely cribbed from TPP, but I did not know what was, or was not, cribbed from TPP. I guess we will find out.