Fair Trade Deals
From the Dispatch
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Votes on NAFTA-style Pacts with Korea, Colombia & Panama this Summer Could Undermine Economic Recovery
May 12, 2011
At the same time that unemployment remains at historic highs, creeping back up to nine percent last month as more Americans who had given up looking for work return to the job market, corporations are lobbying hard in Washington, DC for free trade deals that will make it easier for them to send more jobs overseas.
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Bipartisan State Legislator Coalition Opposes NAFTA-style deal with Korea
Mar 03, 2011
As the U.S. Congress gears up to make decisions on the Korea free trade agreement, state legislators are urging Congress to consider the repercussions of another NAFTA-style agreement for states. The Korea agreement is anticipated as the first in a bevvy of bad trade agreements to come before Conress this year, with similar Colombia and Panama FTAs to follow. A bipartisan coalition of state legislators is asking fellow lawmakers from all 50 states to join them in sending a message to Congress. More information on the Korea FTA and how it will affect your state is available from Global Trade Watch.
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Korea FTA Presents More Economic Hurdles for States
Jan 20, 2011
As the nation’s unemployment rate ticks close to ten percent, the Obama administration has announced it will push for early 2011 passage of the largest trade agreement since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is modeled on NAFTA, with provisions which undermine the power of governments to enact labor, environmental, and other public interest standards; weaken regulatory authority over the finance sector; and grant investors special rights to sue governments in foreign tribunals.
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As Voters and Candidates Attack Unfair Trade, A New Tool To Find Trade-Related Job Loss in Your Community
Oct 21, 2010
Voters’ worries about job off-shoring and “free trade” have become dominant themes this election season. The latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll found the impact of trade and outsourcing is one of the only issues on which Americans of different classes, occupations and political persuasions agree. Thanks to the new Trade Data Center created by Public Citizen, there is a new resource to inform debates over job creation and for understanding the real effects of trade agreements on the state and local level.
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