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Share: WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President, on President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of current House Ways and Means Committee trade lawyer Katherine Tai to serve as U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in his administration. "In these times, our nation requires a steady and experienced hand to guide trade policy, particularly with countries which we have a sometimes contentious relationship. That is why the Teamsters are delighted that President-elect Biden has chosen Katherine Tai to serve in this capacity. We urg...

China and wondering if that could blow up on us. these great gains won't last. does the trade situation worry you if we don't get a deal or delayed? >> i was out in indiana visiting a steel mill. the one focus so important that needs to be resolved right now is usmca. this trade agreement with mexico and canada is a great trade agreement. it has a labor chapter that is stronger than any we've seen. it needs to be brought to a vote. we have the issue with china. we have the issue with mexico and canada. one of those could be resolved today. the china issue, the president had a good meeting. it'...

New nafta, the debate is how we fix a broken one. the >> neil: so the idea and guarantees that are supposedly and you know this far better than i, to hire more union workers, hire them at wages that are not in the prior deal, you find that promising or you find it accurate or what? >> well, first of all, we don't know. we don't know how it will be enforced or what will be enforced. we don't know how the labor chapter will be enforced, rules of originin will be enforced, we need to find out the language. if it is good, yes, it will be encouraging, if it isn't and we can't enforce the agreement,...

That's a lot of talk. employers, companies, can use this system to file cases themselves. >> trade disputes. >> correct. >> so if other words, if someone doesn't like what's going on, and they challenge it, what's the recourse? >> they can go through the courts and if they lose to the courts, they go to a private secret tribunal and they can overturn it and give them profits. with us, we have to wait for a government to do this. we do it with guatemala, but it's going six years. we did it in colombia. since the labor chapter was written there, they were told it was strong it was enforceable, i...