Maine rocks fair trade
From Todd Tucker @ Eyes on Trade: This is some great footage from the Maine Fair Trade Campaign’s recent convention, with none other than our own Lori Wallach [director of Public Citizen's Global...
View ArticleBringing the ‘Battle in Seattle’ to the conventions
From Ann Eveleth @ Eyes on Trade: If the presumptive presidential contenders and their advisors have still not figured out – ahem – the political costs of surrendering to so-called “free trade”...
View ArticleJoin the Battle in Seattle
A new film about the historic 1999 protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization opens Friday in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, New York, Seattle and Minneapolis (You can buy tickets and...
View ArticleSay no to the Colombian Free Trade Agreement
Photo by Brandon Wu Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was in D.C. today, lobbying Congress and the media in support of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Uribe’s pitch included a speech at the National...
View ArticleCountdown to Pittsburgh: Will the G-20 re-regulate global markets?
Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch program, talks about what’s at stake at the G-20 economic summit to be held Thursday and Friday in Pittsburgh, Pa. Public Citizen was one...
View ArticleHey G-20: Just say no to de-regulation
Public Citizen’s Lori Wallach talks to Democracy Now! from Pittsburgh where she’s attending the G-20 economic summit. Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch program, warns that the...
View ArticleBoth ends of political spectrum agree: WTO must change, for climate’s sake
(Cross-posted from Eyes on Trade) If you opened the Washington Post this morning, you might have been surprised to find an opinion piece on the barriers that World Trade Organization (WTO) rules pose...
View ArticleA decade after Seattle protests, will Obama do the right thing?
Ten years after protesters shut down the WTO ministerial in Seattle and halted WTO expansion, Obama faces a choice. Will he help modernize the global economy? Or will he continue the agenda of the...
View ArticlePressure on Obama to deliver campaign promises for new trade model
Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch division, talks about the trade talks that are beginning today in Australia. For a detailed look at what is at stake, visit...
View ArticleIf international trade policy is your thing, we’ve got the data center for you
Are you a reporter writing about a local factory closing? Are you writing about trade as an election issue, jobs, the economy or the trade deficit but don’t know where to get good information or how to...
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