By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance October 7, 2018, Newsletter Above photo from Popular Resistance’s trade campaign, Trade for People and Planet. New NAFTA Framework Remains Trade for Corporations While Undermining Health, the Read more…
By Alan Benjamin September 3, 2019 Forgive me if I am a bit cynical when it comes to the Democratic Party and the issue of “free trade” agreements signed by the United States, Mexico and Read more…
August 09, 2019, Inside US Trade Brett Fortnam The White House is focusing its efforts to convince Congress to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on state and local campaigns, hoping to gin up grassroots support among Read more…
Toward a Progressive Trade Agenda for People and Planet Ethan Earle, Manuel Pérez-Rocha, and Scott Sinclair, eds. – July 2019 See Original Publication here With ratification of NAFTA 2.0 still up in the air in Read more…
By Mackenzie McDonald Wilkins, Trade for People and Planet June 20, 2019 The debate around Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 is heating up. Mexico just ratified the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), leaving both Canada and the United States Read more…
Above Image, a staff member moves flags at NAFTA talks in Canada in 2017. (Reuters / Chris Wattie) Elites make trade boring for a reason. Here’s how to fight back. By Ethan Earle: June 17, Read more…
By Stan Sorscher, Thestand.org June 12, 2019 Above Photo: From Thestand.org Why we need new economic policies before we can fix trade deals (June 10, 2019) — In 2016, Donald Trump’s trade message was very Read more…
By Manuel Perez-Rocha and Jen Moore, Inequality.org May 30, 2019 Above Photo: Looking at Goldcorp’s Los Filos mine in Guerrero, Mexico. Photo: Cristian Leyva/Miningwatch Canada In more than two-thirds of the mining-related lawsuits against governments in Read more…
How “good regulatory practices” in trade agreements erode protections for the environment, public health, workers and consumers Bart-Jaap Verbeek, May 22, 2019 Seven NGOs, including SOMO, have released a new report that focuses on the Read more…
By Sharon Treat, May 12, 2019 The national Chamber of Commerce-funded Trade Works for America is airing ads in Maine promoting the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA or New NAFTA). Featuring a Maine dairy farmer saying, Read more…
By Eyes On Trade, April 21, 2019 Key Findings of the ITC Report on the Revised NAFTA: Modest Projections Do Not Alter Pact’s Prospects in Congress The April 18, 2019 release of the International Trade Read more…