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The keystone pipeline is dead… will TransCanada win 5 times their investment through trade courts?
By Nicole Sawyer Inauguration Day was a monumental day for the nation, an embodiment of the democratic values we believe in. Many of us breathed a sigh of relief as President Joe Biden reversed many of the harmful policies that proliferated under the former...
read moreThe Vaccine–Fair Access or Global Apartheid?
**This article first appeared in the PSARA Education Fund's Retiree Advocate, March 2021 edition** Despite all the frustrations of the vaccine distribution system, most of us will likely get vaccinated some time this year. Not true for folks in poor countries. Some...
read moreDigital Trade, Racial Justice, and Jobs Webinar
Digital Trade Rules Understanding the Racial Justice and Jobs Implications in the Northwest Wednesday November 18 • 2:30pm Pacific >>> RSVP ONLINE HERE <<< Rules to govern the digital economy are being negotiated at this very moment...
read moreWTO + 20 Afternoon Workshop Resources: Climate Change- Selden Prentice 350 Seattle Trade Policy Page Sierra Club information on NAFTA and climate 5 Ways That Trump’s NAFTA Deal Threatens a Green New Deal Beyond NAFTA 2.0: A Trade Agenda for People and Planet Food...
read moreWTO 20th Anniversary
Join the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and Community Allies on December 7 to reignite the energy from the 1999 WTO protests and build our movement for 20 more years of trade organizing! Download the flier here! WTO+20 Flyer Please RSVP for events...
read moreWe Do the Work Radio Show on the new NAFTA
Have you been wondering holds up to the trade just community's demands? Last week the Washington Fair Trade Coalition got to talk with our friends at We Do the Work about exactly what's in the new NAFTA agreement from ISDS to food safety to access to medicines and...
read more2018 Washington Fair Trade Coalition Breakfast
Join us at our annual breakfast! Keynote Speaker: Indira Trejo: How trade policy affects workers, families, and communities and how we can move our work beyond NAFTA (now USMCA) Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Doors open at 7:30 – Program from 8 to 9:00 AM...
read more‘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...
read morePresident Trump’s Tariffs Are Not Really the Point
Originally posted in The Stand China isn’t “cheating” on trade. They are playing a different game: advancing the interests of their nation, rather than global corporations. America’s new trade policies should advance the interests of our people. By STAN SORSCHER...
read moreHere We Go Again: Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Won’t Fix Anything
Article by David Korten Originally posted in YES! Magazine on April 13th, 2018. Current trade agreements are great at creating more billionaires, not so much at protecting the interests of workers. On Thursday, President Trump flipped his position on the Trans-Pacific...
read moreWells Fargo Rally at Westlake Park in Seattle
Join us in solidarity with the Communications Workers of America in protesting Wells Fargo's continued outsourcing of U.S. jobs and poor treatment of workers at home and abroad. We'll be at Westlake Park in Seattle from 11:00am-1:00pm. For more information, check out...
read moreEnforcing trade rules is not a ‘trade war’
Industrial policies that advance national interests are nothing new. Other nations do it, and so should we. By STAN SORSCHER (March 9, 2018) — The recent tariffs on steel and aluminum have been characterized as trade war. This is weird, because countries often enforce...
read moreJoin 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 moreWTO out of Agriculture! Solidarity Action with La Via Campesina
Friends, in solidarity with La Via Campesina organizing around the WTO meetings in Argentina this month, we'll be doing an action at the Ballard farmers market. Information below. More information about the event here. RSVP to hillary@washingtonfairtrade.org. Seattle...
read moreNAFTA Comments from Rep. Adam Smith and Rep. Pramila Jayapal
This year, for our annual breakfast, both Representative Adam Smith and Representative Pramila Jayapal gave us video clips commenting on the NAFTA renegotiations. "The question is not are we for or against trade. The question is how do we structure trade deals that...
read moreNegotiators give up hope of rewriting NAFTA this year
Originally posted in The Seattle Times here By PAUL WISEMAN, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Talks to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement have stalled over tough American demands, dashing hopes that a deal can be reached this year. A fourth round of...
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Annual Fair Trade Breakfast: Get your tickets today!
How Has NAFTA Affected Workers and Immigrants?
How Can We Make NAFTA 2.0 Work for all of Us?
Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Seattle
Doors open at 7:30 – Program from 8 to 9:00 AM
Buy your tickets here!
read moreWe’re hiring!
Job posting: Director and Trade Justice Organizer
The Washington Fair Trade Coalition is seeking a talented organizer to direct the coalition’s work on behalf of people and the planet to achieve a fair global trading system.
The Director will be at the center of our campaign to influence NAFTA renegotiation, educating and mobilizing our coalition members and allied groups in these policy debates, securing support from elected officials, and building long-term vision and momentum for fair trade policies that put people and the planet above profits.
Apply today!
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-POSTPONED- Public Hearing: A New NAFTA
–THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED and will NOT be happening September 19. Stay connected for more ways to get involved —
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Shine a light on NAFTA Renegotiation!
At this very moment, the public is being shut out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations. Meanwhile, hundreds of corporate lobbyists have been given special “cleared advisor” status that gives them privileged access to proposed texts and to the negotiators themselves.
It’s not too late to introduce accountability to the NAFTA renegotiation process. But we have to work together to get Congress to act.
TAKE ACTION!
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