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*Open Letter to Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Legislators of MORENA*: *- No to the signing of the new “Free Trade” agreement with the United States[1],* *- For the recovery of Mexico's national sovereignty,* *- For the renationalization of Mexico's energy resources,* *- For the repeal of the counter-reform of Mexico's public education system,* *- Respect the mandate of July 1!* We, the undersigned, hereby express our opposition to the new “Free Trade” agreement with the United States that has been signed by the current government of Enrique Peña Nieto and Donald Trump.[1] We call on you to reject this agreement and to push for its rejection by the Congress of the Union. The negotiations of this new U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement were conducted in near secrecy. Little is known by the population about the new terms of the proposed agreement. But from the information that the media have leaked, it very much appears that this new treaty is nothing more than the deepening of the policies implemented over more than two decades under NAFTA. We are concerned that this new treaty will serve to further open up our economy for the sole benefit of the large U.S. transnational corporations, with an even greater subordination of our government to the dictates of U.S. foreign policy and its measures of internal security and migration. These have already been expressed in the construction of the Wall of Shame on the northern border, the militarization of our country, and the separation of families. NAFTA has only brought to our country the bankruptcy of our countryside, the loss of our food sovereignty, the destruction of our national productive capacity, the overexploitation of the labor force, and a sharp increase in the cost of living. The implementation of the Energy Counter-Reform law has also led to the loss of our energy sovereignty. All the counter-reforms that have been imposed in recent decades by what you, Mr. López Obrador, call the "mafia of power" are the direct result of the demands for greater deregulation, liberalization, and privatization contained in the NAFTA treaty. The "reforms" to the retirement systems and pensions; the successive "reforms" to Articles 3, 27, and 123 of Mexico's Constitution; and the labor and educational "reforms" are all the by-products of this treaty. In fact, NAFTA became the true Constitution of our country, one that was never debated or endorsed by the people, but was imposed on them. Donald Trump betted on reaching an agreement with the weakest negotiator — Mexico — in order to blackmail the Canadian government with an established treaty. The government of Peña Nieto and its negotiator, Luis Videgaray, have lent themselves to this maneuver. For us, the undersigned, it is worrisome that members of the new incoming administration have participated in the trade talks and have endorsed what was negotiated. Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, deputies and senators from MORENA: Full: *https://tinyurl.com/ydhfnsah <https://tinyurl.com/ydhfnsah>* _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
