What’s new about NAFTA 2.0?

How is 'new NAFTA' different? A trade expert explains [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 2 October 2018 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair Editor's note More than two years ago, candidate Donald Trump promised to renegotiate NAFTA – or scrap it. On Sept. 30, President Trump came closer to fulfilling that pledge after Canada agreed to sign on to the deal he made with Mexico in August. But amid the hoopla, has anything really changed? Colorado State trade expert Amanda Countryman [sees three key revisions]( that distinguish NAFTA 2.0 from its predecessor. With ongoing news of high-profile men being accused of sexual assault, it’s important to take a step back and remember that not all men commit sex crimes against women, argues trauma psychologist and professor of psychiatry Joan Cook. She offers some [perspective by taking us deep into the numbers](. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s work as an attorney in the 1970s – before she was named to the Supreme Court – transformed that court’s approach to women’s rights. And, as the country is embroiled in the latest bitter battle over how those rights should be interpreted, [Jonathan Entin of Case Western Reserve University School of Law writes]( that the modern skepticism about sex-based policies stems in no small way from Ginsburg’s trailblazing efforts. Bryan Keogh Economics + Business Editor Top stories More milk from these Wisconsin dairy cows may find its way to Canada under the new trade deal. Reuters/Darren Hauck [How is ‘new NAFTA’ different? A trade expert explains]( Amanda M. Countryman, Colorado State University Canada, the US and Mexico are about to rip up the 25-year-old NAFTA and replace it with something new. But how new? Most men are not sexual predators and enjoy the closeness of the people they love. Pink Panda/Shutterstock.com [Most men do not perpetrate sexual violence against women]( Joan Cook, Yale University In the wake of the #MeToo movement and women finally feeling free to discuss having been sexually assaulted, it may seem like all men are predators. A trauma psychologist says this is far from true. Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg paying a courtesy call on Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., in June 1993, before her confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court. AP/Marcy Nighswander [Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women’s rights – before she went on the Supreme Court]( Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University Before she became a Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s work as an attorney in the 1970s fundamentally changed the court’s approach to women's rights and how we think about women – and men. 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