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Gender-Identity Protection, Trade, And The Trump Administration: A Tale Of Reluctant Progressivism, Jean Galbraith, Beatrix Lu
Gender-Identity Protection, Trade, And The Trump Administration: A Tale Of Reluctant Progressivism, Jean Galbraith, Beatrix Lu
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The Trump Administration has been hostile to transgender people, stripping away many protections from discrimination established by the prior administration. It is therefore striking that President Trump’s signature international agreement to date—the “new NAFTA” recently negotiated with Canada and Mexico—includes a provision requiring all three countries to implement appropriate policies to protect workers against discrimination based on gender identity. This provision has a similar requirement with respect to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, notwithstanding the fact that the Trump Administration’s domestic policies have also shown hostility to such protections. How did this provision come to be included in …