Trade Justice Events: TPP/TTIP Conference Today, TPP & Labor Rights Webinar Sunday!& News Updates, Resources, Videos, & More Events!
Adam Weissman
Events, News, and Resources
4/29/16
Table of Contents
Upcoming Events
Videos of Recent TradeJustice Alliance Webinars
Audio Recordings of Recent TPP Resistance Calls (hosted by Flush the TPP
Audio Recordings of Recent TPP Briefing Calls (hosted by Citizens Trade Campaign)
Top Trade News
NYC Elected Officials Say NO! to TPP at City Hall Press Conference- Video, Photos
TPP is Becoming a Major Election Story
Free Trade Agreements Already Kill Jobs, TPP Will Kill More
Be a TradeJustice Alliance Issue Outreach Coordinator!
Online Actions
More News
New Videos
New Reports, Letters, and Analyses on TPP and the Environment
Videos on TPP and the Environment
Literature on TPP, Climate, Palm Oil, Animal Ag, etc.
Links for More Info on TPP vs. Sustainability
TODAY! Fri, 4/28, 9AM-6 PM: Conference: Rights Rules
& Regulations: The battle over the TPP and TTIP Megaregional
“Trade Agreements”- Attend In Person or Watch Livestream!
(Hosted and Organized by The New School)
Sun, 5/1: May Day TPP Outreach Leafleting at NYC's Union Square - call Adam at (718) 218-4523 or email ad...@tradejustice.net if you'd like to help
Sunday, 5/1, 7:30-9 PM : #TPPSundayWebinar
May Day! TPP vs. Labor Rights w/ Celeste Drake (AFL-CIO) and
Angella MacEwen (CLC)
Wed, 5/11, 9-10 PM: Flush the TPP's National TPP Resistance Call
Sunday, 5/15, 7:30-9 PM: #TPPSundayWebinar: NEW CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN WITH JOHN PERKINS
Sunday, 5/22, 7:30- 9 PM: #TPPSundayWebinar: TPP's Threat to Wildlife w/ Ben Beachy (Sierra Club Responsible Trade Program)
Wed, 5/25, 9-10 PM: Flush the TPP's National TPP Resistance Call
Videos of Recent Trade Justice Alliance Webinars
TPP, Palm Oil, & Animal Agriculture = Forest, Water, & Climate Catastrophe! w/ Ben Lilliston (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy) and Ramón Vera Herrera (GRAIN; Editor, Biodiversidad and Ojarasca) (3/20/16)
Video * Edited Chat Box Notes
TPP Is A Feminist Issue w/ Terry O'Neill (President, National Organization for Women) and Nick Semanko (Senior Legislative Assistant to Representative Louise Slaughter) (4/3/16)
TPP and Water Access Rghts w/ Monica Lewis-Patrick (We the People of Detroit) and Mitch Jones (Food and Water Watch) (4/17/16)
Audio Recordings of Recent TPP Resistance Calls
Hosted by Flush the TPP
3/30/16
4/13/16
4/27/16
Audio Recordings of Recent TPP Briefing Calls
Hosted by Citizens Trade Campaign
TPP and Climate Change w/ Ilana Solomon, director of the Sierra Club’s Responsible Trade Program
TPP, China, and Currency with Michael Wessell of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (4/20/16)
US
Labor Department Report Raises Concerns About Peru’s Textile and
Apparel Industries (Sourcing Journal, 3/23/16)
Pro-TPP
Op-Eds Remarkably Similar to Drafts by Foreign Government
Lobbyists (The Intercept, 4/10/16)
226
Agricultural, food groups urge support for TPP (National Hog
Farmer, 4/11/16)
More
than 50 health, religious and labor groups urge Congress to
reject TPP trade deal (The Washington Post, 4/12/16)
Did
Administration Offer New Balance A Big Contract For TPP Silence?
(Common Dreams, 4/15/16)
Administration Signals TPP
Financial Services Fix Near; Ag Pushes 2016 Vote (Inside
US Trade, 4/16/16)
See below for many more news stories!
NYC Elected Officials Say NO! to TPP
Mayor de
Blasio, Members of Congress, State and Local Elected Officals
Rally vs. TPP at NYC City Hall (TradeJustice Alliance, 4/8/16)
TPP
is Becoming a Major Election Story
Hillary
Clinton and John Kasich Win Ohio, and So Does Free Trade
(Forbes, 3/15/16)
Bernie
Sanders & the death of TPP: Why his stunning Michigan upset
could be the final nail in the free-trade coffin (Salon,
3/15/16)
In
Ohio, Hillary Clinton strengthens opposition to Trans-Pacific
Partnership (The Washington Post, 3/12/16)
Hillary Clinton doesn’t get it: Paul Krugman, Bernie Sanders and
the truth about the free trade scam (Salon, 3/18/16)
Free Trade Agreements
Already Kill Jobs, TPP Will Kill More
Trans-Pacific Partnership, currency manipulation, trade,
and jobs: U.S. trade deficit with the TPP countries cost 2
million jobs in 2015, with job losses in every state (Economic
Policy Institute, 3/3/16)
Be a TradeJustice Alliance
Issue Outreach Coordinator!
Help build the audience for our webinars! Help coordinate
outreach to target communities and movements! We need outreach
coordinators on:
Human Rights * Labor * LGBTQIA * Women's Issues * Immigrant
Justice * Environment * Anti-Racist Organizing * Animal Rights *
Internet Freedom * Access to Medicines * Family Farm *GMO * And
More!
If you'd like to help, email adam @ tradejustice . net (no
spaces) and indicate what community you'd like to help reach out
to.
Online Actions
Oppose
Trade Deals that Undermine Buy America (Citizens Trade Campaign)
Tell
Congress: Don't undermine our climate protections. Reject the
toxic TPP! (Sierra Club)
Peruvian
Agro-Export Company Tal S.A. Fires Entire Union Committee,
Despite Peru FTA's Supposed Labor Protections -- Take Action!
(International Labor Rights Forum)
More
News
Robb’s
two different stories on medicines (AFTINET, 2/26/16)
Obama
talks TPP with Humane Society (Tri-State Livestock News, 3/3/16)
US
elections and the TPP explained (AFTINET, 3/9/16)
Job
losses make TPP a major US election issue (AFTINET, 3/14/16)
US
Labor Department Report Raises Concerns About Peru’s Textile and
Apparel Industries (Sourcing Journal, 3/23/16)
Report
- Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict:
OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador (update
on what was originally Pacific Rim vs. El Salvador ISDS case)
(MiningWatch Canada, 3/23/16)
Bangladesh
Weighs Pros and Cons of Joining TPP (Sourcing Journal, 3/28/16)
Guest
blog: Another broken trade agreement (Pesticide Action Network
North America, 4/3/16)
GOVERNMENT
ANNOUNCES LARGER FEBRUARY TRADE DEFICIT DESPITE TRADE DEALS
(Coalition for a Prosperous America, 4/6/16)
Pro-TPP
Op-Eds Remarkably Similar to Drafts by Foreign Government
Lobbyists (The Intercept, 4/10/16)
226
Agricultural, food groups urge support for TPP (National Hog
Farmer, 4/11/16)
Dairy
Organizations Seek Congressional Support for TPP (Agnet
West.com, 4/11/16)
Clinton
Should Ask Obama to Withdraw the TPP (HuffPost Business,
4/11/16)
More
than 50 health, religious and labor groups urge Congress to
reject TPP trade deal (The Washington Post, 4/12/16)
What
Colombia Can Teach Us About the TPP (AFL-CIO Now, 4/12/16)
John
Kerry defends free trade deals (BBC, 4/12/16)
The
Peru Trade Deal Turns 10: The Consequences of Irresponsible
Trade Past, Present, and Future (HuffPost, Green, 4/12/16)
Why
China could never sign on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (The
Conversation, 4/13/16)
Are
Sanders and Fair Trade a Threat to the Global Poor? (Monthly
Review Zine, 4/13/16)
Cattlemen
confident TPP will get a vote this year (The Hill, 4/13/16)
British Columbian Premier tours fish market to highlight support
for TPP (The Globe and Mail, 4/13/16)
US
trade representative: TPP inaction ‘alarming’ (Global Meat News,
4/14/16)
Disputes
Roundup: US Requests Compliance Panel in Mexico Dolphin-Tuna
Spat, New Cases Filed by Canada, Brazil (BRIDGES: Trade news
from a sustainable development perspective, 4/14/16)
Administration
Signals TPP Financial Services Fix Near; Ag Pushes 2016 Vote
(Inside US Trade, 4/16/16)
New Videos
TTIP Negotiators outnumbered by citizens ! #FlashMobStopTTIP
feat. #DanMullaney #IgnacioBercero (Sophie-Clémentine Dubois
Prieto, 2/28/16)
3
Ways TPP Could Cost Small Businesses (The Real News Network,
3/13/15)
Sen. Sherrod
Brown on TPP's Broken Rules (Public Citizen's Global Trade
Watch, 4/11/16)
SPECIAL ECO-FOCUS
SECTION IN HONOR OF EARTH DAY
New Reports, Letters, and Analyses on TPP and the Environment
Empty Promises and Missed Opportunities: An Assessment of the Environmental Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (Professor Chris Wold, January 4, 2016)
NEW REPORT: TRANSCANADA'S $15 BILLION USD CASE REVEALS RECKLESS TRADE PROVISIONS: Trade Rules Empower Corporations To Demand Compensation, Threaten Our Communities and Climate (Sierra Club, 2/22/16)
Re: Following Announcement of TransCanada’s Investor-State Case against the United States, Environmental Organizations Urge Opposition to Trans-Pacific Partnership (Letter from Dozens of Enviro Groups, 3/9/16)
Climate Roadblocks: Looming Trade Deals Threaten Efforts to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground (Sierra Club, 3/16)
Reports on Agriculture, Trade, Sustainability, and Public Health
Big Meat Swallows the Trans-Pacific Partnership (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy)
FREE TRADE AND MEXICO’S JUNK FOOD EPIDEMIC (GRAIN)
The Exxons of Agriculture (GRAIN)
Trade deals boosting climate change: the food factor (GRAIN)
Planet Palm Oil: Peasants pay the for price for vegetable oil (GRAIN)
Videos on TPP and the Environment
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Environment (Global Justice for Animals and the Environment)
Trading Views TPP Forum - Environment Chapter (Ways and Means Committee hearing featuring Sierra Club and Environmental Investigation Agency reps)
TPP Impacts: On the Environment (Workshop by Sanya Reid Smith, Public Services International)
Peril in the Pacific: No to the TPP (Friends of the Earth)
What is the TPP? (Trans-Pacific Partnership) (Sierra Club)
Literature on TPP, Climate, Palm Oil, Animal Ag, etc.
Global Justice for Animals and the Environment TPP Literature Page
Links for More Info on TPP vs. Sustainability
Sierra Club TPP Page
Global Justice for Animals and the Environment TPP Page
Friends of the Earth TPP Page
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Trade Page
GRAIN Trade Resources
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| Subject: | Fwd: TODAY: Join us for a conf. call with the U.S. Trade Representative |
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| Date: | Thu, 19 May 2016 13:11:29 -0400 |
| From: | Adam Weissman <ad...@wetlands-preserve.org> |
| To: | Adam Weissman <ad...@tradejustice.net> |
From: RS...@BusinessFWD.org <in...@businessfwd.org>
Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 9:42 AM
Subject: TODAY: Join us for a conf. call with the U.S. Trade Representative
To: Adam Weissman <adamwe...@gmail.com>
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Adam, Yesterday, the United States International Trade Commission, an independent federal agency, delivered their analysis of the likely impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on American business and the U.S. economy. The report highlights a number of provisions of interest to small businesses, including free data flows and reductions in tariffs. Please
join us for a conference call with U.S. Trade
Representative Michael Froman to discuss the
findings of the USITC’s report and to offer
your input on how the TPP would affect your
business. Can you join us for a conference call on the Trans-Pacific Partnership? If you can't attend, sign up for a recording > Here are the details: WHAT: WITH: WHEN: Here’s the link to register for this call: http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/DMFW3BEQ5VR8F0W9. I hope you can make it, Shumway
Marshall
ABOUT MICHAEL FROMAN Michael Froman was sworn in as the 17th United States Trade Representative (USTR) on June 21, 2013. As USTR, he is President Obama’s principal advisor, negotiator and spokesperson on international trade and investment issues. Ambassador Froman leads the Office of the United States Trade Representative in its work to open global markets for U.S. goods and services, enforce America’s rights in the global trading system, and foster development through trade. Key initiatives ongoing under his leadership are negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement in the Asia Pacific; the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union; negotiation of agreements on services, information technology and trade facilitation at the World Trade Organization; and monitoring and enforcement U.S. trade rights, including through the Interagency Trade and Enforcement Center (ITEC). Prior to becoming USTR, Ambassador Froman served at the White House as Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, where he was responsible for coordinating policy on international trade and finance, energy security and climate change, and development and democracy issues. He served as the U.S. Sherpa for the G20 and G8 Summits, and staffed the President for the APEC Leaders Meetings. In addition, he chaired or co-chaired the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, the Transatlantic Economic Council, the U.S.-India CEO Forum and the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Ambassador Froman served in a number of roles at Citigroup and as a Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations and a Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund. In the 1990’s, Ambassador Froman spent seven years in the U.S. Government. He served as Chief of Staff and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Eurasia and the Middle East at the U.S. Department of Treasury. He also worked at the White House, where he served as a Director for International Economic Affairs at the National Security Council and National Economic Council. Ambassador Froman received a bachelor’s degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University, a doctorate in International Relations from Oxford University and law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He was born in California. He, his wife, Nancy Goodman, and their two living children, Benjamin and Sarah, reside in Washington, D.C. |
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