Beyond NAFTA and CUSMA. Democracy Not Corporatocracy. Alternative Forms of Trade

The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) falls short of any real alternative, rather it follows a long line of neoliberal liberal trade agreements that have little to do with trade and everything to do with facilitating profit generation for multinational corporations.
Join us for a discussion about the trade agenda and the current political context in Mexico and Canada as well explore alternative forms of trade and build North-South cooperation.
Eladio Abuniz: National Coordinator of the Authentic Labor Front. Representative in the External Affairs Commission of the National Workers Union and workers in the hospitality and rubber sector.
Sam Gindin: Former reserach director of the Canadian Auto Workers from 1974-2000. Adjunct professor at York University in Toronto. Co-author of The Making of Global Capitalism (Verso).
Anna Zalik: Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University where she teaches in the area f global environmental politics and critial development studies. Her research examines and critiques the political ecology and political economy of industrial extraction.
Free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by: Global Labour Research Centre (GLRC), Social Justice Fund (PSAC), United