"Protections in the new North American trade pact for LGBTQ people are roiling conservative lawmakers in the House, who are urging President Donald Trump to rescind them.
They are displeased that the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement contains requirements that workers be protected from discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity."
"One congressman who led the effort on the letter said the issue could be a "deal-killer" for him supporting the pact.
"This is language that is going to cause a lot of people to reconsider their support of the trade agreement, and to the point that it may endanger the passage of the trade agreement unless something is done," Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) told POLITICO in an interview."
"It's unclear whether the LGBT clauses even have real teeth. Both Canada and the U.S. agree it wouldn't require a new law.
But it's unprecedented language in a U.S. trade agreement.
USMCA's Chapter 23 on labor requires countries to implement policies that protect workers against employment discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity. Another provision in the same chapter requires countries to promote workplace equality with respect to gender identity and sexual orientation.
The conservatives say this would undo other administration policies.
The letter argues that USMCA contradicts other administration work on sexual orientation and gender identity, and would also make it impossible to end a pair of executive actions from the Obama administration forbidding workplace discrimination.
It accuses the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative of working against administration policies."
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/16/house-conservatives-lgbt-protection-trade-pact-977288
Do any of you people defending Republicans actually LISTEN to Republicans? Ever? They openly admit that enshrining discrimination against LGBT people into law is one of their administrations policies! That isn't a difference of opinion, that is them actively and dedicatedly working to make my life worse!
They are displeased that the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement contains requirements that workers be protected from discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity."
"One congressman who led the effort on the letter said the issue could be a "deal-killer" for him supporting the pact.
"This is language that is going to cause a lot of people to reconsider their support of the trade agreement, and to the point that it may endanger the passage of the trade agreement unless something is done," Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) told POLITICO in an interview."
"It's unclear whether the LGBT clauses even have real teeth. Both Canada and the U.S. agree it wouldn't require a new law.
But it's unprecedented language in a U.S. trade agreement.
USMCA's Chapter 23 on labor requires countries to implement policies that protect workers against employment discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity. Another provision in the same chapter requires countries to promote workplace equality with respect to gender identity and sexual orientation.
The conservatives say this would undo other administration policies.
The letter argues that USMCA contradicts other administration work on sexual orientation and gender identity, and would also make it impossible to end a pair of executive actions from the Obama administration forbidding workplace discrimination.
It accuses the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative of working against administration policies."
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/16/house-conservatives-lgbt-protection-trade-pact-977288
Do any of you people defending Republicans actually LISTEN to Republicans? Ever? They openly admit that enshrining discrimination against LGBT people into law is one of their administrations policies! That isn't a difference of opinion, that is them actively and dedicatedly working to make my life worse!
