Mei he pandemic 'e he Covid mo hono ngaahi tu'utu'uni 'i 'api ki he kau polisi mo 'enau ngaahi fakakikihi kotoa pe, 'e hoko e ta'u ni ko e taha 'o e ngaahi moveuveu he hisitolia fakamuimuitaha.
At 2020’s halfway point on July 1, Neongo ia, 'e toe ki'i lelei ange 'a hotau ngaahi mamani mo 'etau mo'ui faka'ekonomika. That’s the day the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) te hu ki he fakamalohi'i, fetongi 'o e NAFTA pea faka'ata hotau fonua 'e tolu ke fiefia he ngaahi fetu'utaki 'oku toe maau.
As farmers from each of the USMCA’s three nations, we’ve written previously about the importance of this trade agreement. Ê»I he 2018 mo 2019, naÊ»a mau naÊ»inaÊ»i ki homau ngaahi puleÊ»anga mo Ê»enau diplomats ke Ê»osi ki ai. Taimi ni, we want to thank them for what they’ve done-and remind everyone that we should be grateful for our vital partnership.
Mahalo ko e lesoni mahuÊ»inga Ê»eni ki he 2020: Ê»ikai ke tali ha meÊ»a, whether it’s the ability to visit elderly relatives or even toilet paper on grocery-store shelves. He Ê»ikai ke ke Ê»ilo e taimi Ê»e liliu ai e meÊ»a kotoa.
MaÊ»a e kau ngoue Ê»i hotau konitineniti, NAFTA ngaue lelei ki ha toÊ»u tangata. It didn’t matter if you grew wheat on the plains of Saskatchewan in Canada, ngaohi ha siisi Ê»i he ngaahi tafungofunga Ê»o Veamoniti Ê»i he Ê»iunaiteti Siteiti, pe ko ha fanga pulu ngaohiÊ»anga huÊ»akau Ê»i he feituÊ»u maÊ»olunga Ê»o Mekisikou.
That’s what we do and where we do it-and each of us benefitted from this economic relationship.
Hange ko e tu'umalie 'a e kau ngoue, ko ia na'e pehe consumers. Na'e 'omai 'e Kanata 'a e ika mo e uite. Na'e foaki 'e he 'Iunaiteti Siteiti ha koane mo ha hu'akau. Na'e tupu 'a Mekisikou ha vesitapolo fo'ou. We became each other’s biggest trading partners, Export mo hiki mai e ngaahi koloa na'e fie ma'u 'e homau kakai.
'Oku 'i ai ha ngaahi founga, Neongo, Ko e me'a 'aonga taha na'e fie ma'u ke ma fai: e fakakaukau NAFTA 'i ai ma'u pe.
Mahalo pe te mau fiefia ke NAFTA 'alu atu 'o ta'engata, pe ko ha taimi loloa. Pea hoko mai ai 'a e nau pau'u fakapolitikale 'a 2016 mo 2018, populist 'i he 'Iunaiteti Siteiti mo San Andres Mauela Lopesi Obrador 'i Mekisikou 'a ia ne nau fili mei ai, 'a ia ne nau ikuna ai 'a e taumu'a mo e me'a 'e malava 'e NAFTA.
'Oku 'i ai ha ki'i, pea hange 'oku mate 'etau ngaahi fetu'utaki fefakatau'aki. Ke 'oua na'a faka'ata ha koloa mo ha ngaahi tokoni ke tafe atu ki hotau ngaahi kau'afonua mo ha ngaahi me'a ke ngaue lelei, ne tau fehangahangai mo ha ngaahi faingataʻa foʻou ʻi he founga maluʻi ʻo e tute mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakatuʻutamaki.
Kuo mau ʻosi NAFTA, pea fakafokifa pe kuo mau ʻi ha tuʻunga ke mole ai.
NaÊ»e fakamalohiÊ»i kitautolu Ê»e he ngaahi faingataÊ»a ko Ê»eni ke tau fehangahangai mo ha ngaahi moÊ»oniÊ»i meÊ»a faingataÊ»a. Ki hono Ê»aonga kotoa pe, NaÊ»e Ê»ikai toe fakaÊ»aongaÊ»i Ê»a e NAFTA. NaÊ»e Ê»osi fakamoÊ»oni ia kimuÊ»a he Ê»initaneti, which means it didn’t account for how the web has transformed our economies. NaÊ»e siÊ»i haÊ»ane lau ki biotechnology, Ê»a ia kuo ne liliu Ê»a e ngoue Ê»aki e mana fakasaienisi Ê»o GMOs. Pea naÊ»e toe Ê»i ai foki mo e ngaahi fakakeheÊ»i, involving access to each other’s markets-minor points in the grand scheme of things, ka ko e meÊ»a Ê»oku ne fakatupu ke ikunaÊ»i kinautolu Ê»i heÊ»etau pisinisi ngoue.
USMCA fakaleleiʻi ha konga lahi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ni, palomesi ha kahaʻu lelei ange, totongi ʻo e meʻakai lelei ange, pea mo e tupulaki fakaʻekonomika.
Lelei taha, Neongo ia, is that we’ll regain the certainty that we had lost.
'Oku 'ikai 'ilo 'e ha taha e me'a 'oku ma'u 'e he kaha'u: 'E hoko mai he ta'u kaha'u ha la'ala'aa? 'E veuki nai ha fa'unga 'o ha mofuike? 'E liliu nai 'e ha tekinolosia fo'ou e founga 'etau ngaue?
We do our best to anticipate what’s ahead, fa'u ha palani ki ai. Neongo ia, 'oku 'ikai mafakamatala'i 'etau pule.
Tu'utu'uni Fakangaue, Neongo ia, 'Oku pule'i 'ata'ata pe 'e he kau taki 'oku nau fakafofonga'i kitautolu.
'I ha ngaahi ta'u si'i, tupu mei he ngaahi fehu'i ne 'atakai'i e fetu'utaki faka 'Amelika Noate, we struggled to know whether we’d enjoy the ability to buy and sell our products with each other.
Ko ha palopalema 'eni ia 'o 'etau devising fakapolitikale pea ko 'eni, fakafeta'i, Ko hono fakahoko 'o e USMCA 'oku ne veteki ia.
'I Siulai 1, let’s be glad that we have an economic agreement that will help us all-and resolve never to take it for granted again.
Lomi'i heni ke fai ha foaki ki he netiueka ʻa e kau ngoue fakamamani lahi.