Cusma, a capitalist adventurism? Marxist analysis of class inequities in the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement

Bibliographic Data

ID12979116
AuthorsAndrea Menefee Singh (0000-0001-5827-335X, York University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume18
Issue3
Pages414-421
Publication date2024-12-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1942-7786 • E-ISSN: 2633-674X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/19427786241304174
OpenAlexW4405090571
LanguageEN
References cited15

This essay will serve as a theoretical intervention, highlighting the inherent contradictions within CUSMA's labor provisions. By critically analyzing the agreement through a Marxist lens, it will reveal how the agreement perpetuates capitalist exploitation even with its purported aims of improving labor conditions. The analysis will emphasize that meaningful advancements in labor rights under global trade agreements like CUSMA require a radical restructuring of economic systems. This theoretical critique aims to deepen the understanding of labor rights within the context of international trade and capitalist frameworks, rather than proposing policy changes

Agreement · Class (philosophy · Epistemology · Inequality · Marxist philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism

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