by Dave Johnson | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Trade
Negotiators working on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) convened today in New York City. Even the location was kept secret until the last possible minute, but hundreds of trade, labor, environmental, health, communities of color, anti-GMO and food justice,...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 22, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the League of Conservation Voters and 41 other environmental groups sent a letter to Congress this week, asking them to oppose "fast track" trade promotion authority for upcoming trade agreements like the...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 21, 2015 | Blog, Trade
Today is the National Call-in Day Against Fast Track. Call Congress now at (888) 804-8311 to oppose fast track trade authority. Or visit Stop Fast Track, enter your phone number and they will call you back and connect you to your representative. An auto-dialer will...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Instead of the plodding turtle he's normally satirized as, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is all cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof about Trade Promotion Authority, better known as Fast Track. He said as Congress convened this month that he wants to fast track Fast Track....
by Dave Johnson | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog, Trade
President Obama is likely to use the State of the Union to push for passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the rigged "fast track" trade promotion authority. Here are some facts to counter the expected public relations campaign. Of Course "Trade" Is Good...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 13, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) is trying to get people talking about the trade deficit and the harm it is doing our wages, our jobs and our potential for mutual prosperity. He's right to do this. Last week Grayson spoke at a press conference with several other House...
