Washington
Fair Trade
Coalition
The Washington Fair Trade Coalition (WFTC) is a coalition of over 60 Washington labor, faith, environmental, farmer, and social justice groups that are committed to creating a fair, balanced, and sustainable global trading system.
News & Analysis
‘NAFTA without Canada’ deal incomplete
Trump promised trade deals that are good for U.S. workers. This one isn’t — yet. Originally posted in the Stand. By HILLARY HADEN (Aug. 28, 2018) — News broke Monday morning that President Trump had finally completed the trade agreement he promised the American...
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Join us in demanding a better NAFTA: Organizational Sign On Letter
Trade agreements like NAFTA set rules for the global economy, with significant impacts on jobs and wages, the environment, human rights, food safety, access to medicine, and more. Right now, corporate lobby groups have united in a major campaign pushing for the NAFTA...
read moreCritics warn the new agreement would make it harder "to hold Big Oil and Gas accountable" while also threatening "efforts to protect consumers, workers, and the environment."
commondreams.org
Critics warn the new agreement would make it harder "to hold Big Oil and Gas accountable" while also threatening "efforts to protect consumers, workers, and the environment.""The proposal falls far short of the minimum changes necessary to curb NAFTA’s threats to wildlife, clean air and water, and the health of our communities. It preserves rules that would lock in gas exports, encourage fracking, and allow corporate polluters to challenge clean energy policies. It even rolls back standards included in past trade pacts to reinforce international agreements protecting everything from wetlands to sea turtles."
Read full article here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/02/sierra-club-nafta-2-0-remains-hazardous-our-health-edit...
NAFTA 2.0 remains hazardous to our health
usatoday.com
Trump’s deal with Canada and Mexico would perpetuate the damage NAFTA has caused, writes Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club.Donald Trump will try to sell this deal as the best deal ever made for American workers, but it falls dismally short on a number of our key demands.
“As much as the White House wants to spin this as a win, a lot more work is needed before there’s a NAFTA replacement deal that working families can be happy about. All parties involved should continue working towards a trilateral agreement that actually benefits working people and the planet.”
citizenstrade.org
A Lot More Work Is Needed for a NAFTA Replacement to Benefit Working People and the PlanetBREAKING--
Canada agrees to join trade accord with U.S. and Mexico, sending new NAFTA deal to Congress
washingtonpost.com
Officials say they have reached to an agreement, delivering a key accomplishment to Trump administrationCorporate groups got 12 state legislators to sign a letter supporting ISDS. Our movement of movements got 312 legislators from all 50 states to sign a letter opposing ISDS in #NAFTA.
www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/blog/2018/09/12/state-legislators-in-all-50-states-want-end-to-isds/
Current Campaign
Free Trade Facts
The Impact Of Free Trade Policy In Washington State
Manufacturing Jobs Lost in Washington State
Jobs Lost due to the Rising Trade Deficit With Mexico
Current Free Trade policy has proven to be a losing battle for workers, farmers, and communities in WA State and around the world.
Why Should I Care?
- Mexican farmers unable to compete with cheaper American
corn lose their land and migrate to cities to find work in maquilladoras
(sweatshops) or to the US and WA State as farm workers
- 65,193 workers were certified under Trade Adjustment Assistance
1994-2011 as directly losing their job because of US trade policy (US DoL statistics).
positions associated with these jobs such as drivers, suppliers and
small businesses do not qualify and are not counted.
- Mexican farmers unable to compete with cheaper American
corn lose their land and migrate to cities to find work in maquilladoras (sweatshops) or to the US and WA State as farm workers
Fair Trade
Not Free Trade
What Would It Look Like?
For too long, U.S. trade policy has benefited transnational corporations at the expense of workers’ rights, consumer safety and the environment at home and abroad. The Washington Fair Trade Coalition, working with local, national, and international partners, aims to build a new model of trade, a model that supports our communities and our world. What could that look like?
