Big Pharma Giveaways Must Be Removed from NAFTA 2.0 – A Thread
Members of Congress and Civil Society Groups Take to Twitter to Expose Trump's Hypocrisy on U.S. Medicine Prices
Members of Congress Speak Out
America’s trade deals have delivered one gut punch after another to America’s workers & the unions that fight for them. The last thing workers need is a NAFTA 2.0 deal rigged by Big Pharma to keep prescription drug prices high. https://t.co/6f2dJA3EeJ
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) July 23, 2019
Donald Trump keeps saying he cares about cutting prescription drug costs–but then locked in high prices as a giveaway to Big Pharma in his #NAFTA 2.0 deal. Congress must reject new NAFTA unless they take out that provision. #USMCA https://t.co/nLaUFWseNW
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) July 23, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump If you really want to lower prescription drug prices, why did you allow #BigPharma to rig your revised NAFTA deal to lock in high prices and export our bad drug-price policies to Canada and Mexico? #FixUSMCA https://t.co/RO2NBiba9f
— Rosa DeLauro (@rosadelauro) July 23, 2019
Unless @realDonaldTrump instructs Ambassador Lighthizer to remove the biologics exclusivity language from the #USMCA, then his talk about wanting to lower prescription drug prices is just that: talk! Read more here: https://t.co/rCDZQNz2ei… #FixUSMCA #TrumpsBrokenPromises
— Jan Schakowsky (@janschakowsky) July 11, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump added a special interest provision for #BigPharma in new NAFTA that limits power of Congress to limit Rx monopoly price gouging—locking in high prices at home while exporting bad drug-price policies. This must be removed before passage.https://t.co/G6ULDNEuOk
— Lloyd Doggett (@RepLloydDoggett) July 23, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump If you really want to lower prescription drug prices, why did you allow #BigPharma to rig your revised #NAFTA deal aka #USMCA to lock in high prices and export our bad drug-price policies to Canada and Mexico? #TrumpsBrokenPromises https://t.co/NIUjKcLHY3
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) July 23, 2019
Labor Unions, Health and Consumer Groups Speak Out
Until the Trump administration removes the #BigPharma giveaways added to #NAFTA 2.0, we will not be forced to vote on #USMCA and lock in high medicine prices no matter what fake deadline or crisis @realDonaldTrump tries to drum up. #FixUSMCA https://t.co/lCtPOPBm8j
— AFT (@AFTunion) July 23, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump, if you truly agree Big Pharma is “getting away with murder,” why let the industry rig the revised #NAFTA / #USMCA to jack up drug prices and export our monopoly prices to Canada and Mexico?https://t.co/zqetRLofCN
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 23, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump If you really want to lower prescription drug prices, why did you allow #BigPharma to rig your revised #NAFTA deal aka #USMCA to lock in high prices and export our bad drug-price policies to Canada and Mexico? #TrumpsBrokenPromises https://t.co/gg6HZYHbu9
— Democracy for America (@DFAaction) July 23, 2019
The #USMCA includes provisions “that are explicitly designed to raise drug prices in Canada,” writes @DeanBaker13. That means “a larger trade deficit in manufactured goods and therefore less employment in US manufacturing.” #FixUSMCAhttps://t.co/1dGOL8Ajmi pic.twitter.com/TU00qEmv87
— CEPR (@ceprdc) July 23, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump If you really want to lower prescription drug prices, why did you allow #BigPharma to rig your revised #NAFTA deal aka #USMCA to lock in high prices and export our bad drug-price policies to Canada and Mexico? #TrumpsBrokenPromises https://t.co/WwMqq6hkZU
— SocialSecurityWorks (@SSWorks) July 23, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump The NAFTA 2.0 aka #USMCA deal you signed locks in #BigPharma policies that slam Americans w/ the highest medicine prices in the world. Will you #FixUSMCA and remove these giveaways from the deal as @HouseDems, unions & consumer groups are demanding?
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) July 23, 2019
Thank you @RepCummings for your efforts to #FixUSMCA and protect access to affordable #generics and #biosimilars for patients in #Maryland! https://t.co/ZTFT1KBGUx pic.twitter.com/xVlabDm6UB
— AAM (@AccessibleMeds) July 23, 2019
.@realDonaldTrump President Trump, your current #NAFTA 2.0 agreement prioritizes profits over patients. Get rid of anti-competitive, anti-patient provisions so people in the U.S. can afford life-saving medicines! #FixUSMCA https://t.co/lFaGTMflOx
— NETWORK (@NETWORKLobby) July 23, 2019
There’s a lot to not like in NAFTA 2.0, aka #USMCA, but let’s start here: @realDonaldTrump‘s “deal” is a giveaway to #Pharma. It’ll pad stock prices and exec bonuses while it locks in higher and higher prices for working people. #FixUSMCA or no deal. https://t.co/SazEzxd18O
— Sara Nelson (@FlyingWithSara) July 23, 2019
After 25 years of lost jobs, lower wages, toxic dumping, NAFTA absolutely must be replaced. But not with Trump’s #USMCA. Trump let #BigPharma rig his “new” NAFTA deal to lock in high U.S. medicine prices. #ReplaceNAFTA ACT: https://t.co/wC2Txs3gtK pic.twitter.com/IXmO0lkPoI
— BoldProgressives.org (@BoldProgressive) July 23, 2019
Until the Trump administration removes the #BigPharma giveaways added to #NAFTA 2.0, we will not be forced to vote on #USMCA and lock in high medicine prices no matter what fake deadline or crisis @realDonaldTrump tries to gin up. #FixUSMCA https://t.co/Ro6FlH5lRg
— Presente.Org (@PresenteOrg) July 23, 2019
Says he wants lower drug costs, but then snuck favors for #BigPharma into his new #NAFTA deal…I’m beginning to think this @realDonaldTrump fellow may have some trouble telling the truth. #TrumpsBrokenPromises https://t.co/elLbzvsvkd
— Dan Mauer (@dan_mauer) July 23, 2019
Until the Trump administration removes the #BigPharma giveaways added to #NAFTA 2.0, Congress will not be forced to vote on #USMCA and lock in high medicine prices no matter what fake deadline or crisis @realDonaldTrump tries to gin up. #FixUSMCA https://t.co/r8UUXKjY8A
— Lori Wallach (@WallachLori) July 23, 2019