Thurs, 4/28 and Fri, 4/29: TPP/TTIP Conference w/ Joseph Stiglitz, Bill McKibben, Lori Wallach, & Many More! (Attend or Watch Livestream)

[Adam Weissman]

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(Note: TradeJustice New York Metro is not the organizer of this event, but we encourage our friends and supporters to attend!)

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Thurs, 4/28 6:30-8PM: Opening Event:  Screening of Fire in the Blood – documentary on access to AIDS medication in global south & discussion with Jamie Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International, Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Ave

Fri, 4/29: 9AM-6PM: The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall - 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011

Fri, 4/29: 12:30-1:30 PM: Press Briefing & Q & A w/ Conference Speakers

Cast as “trade agreements”, a momentous re-writing and consolidation of the basic rules governing the global economy is being pursued across the globe.  At play is much more than “trade."  Driven by commercial interest and industry associations, the rules in these agreements - like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - cover core elements of politics and economics, including investment, dispute resolution, intellectual property, public procurement policy and much more. As such, they can both re-shape and lock-in the reach and power of multinational corporations, the lines between public and private, the role and efficacy of governance globally and nationally, and the enormous power imbalances among classes, regions and countries. Done in secrecy, these agreements threaten to undermine hard-won basic citizen rights - to open government, access to justice, livelihoods and a stable and healthy environment.

Bringing together noted academics and advocates, “Rules, Rights and Resistance” presents a day-long exploration of what is at play in the struggle over “trade agreements”: what they portend, the resistances they have generated, and the horizons for rewriting and implementing alternative rules."

Speakers include:

* Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia School of Public Affairs; Co-Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought; Co-founder and Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia; Winner, 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics * Judit Rius Sanjuan, US Manager, Access Campaign, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) * Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College; fellow, American Academy of Arts and Science; author of 15 books; winner, 2014 Right Livelihood Prize; founder, 350.org; winner, 2013 winner of the Gandhi Prize and the Thomas Merton Prize, * Frank Ackerman, Principal economist at Synapse Energy Economics; founder and member of the steering committee of Economics for Equity and Environment * Sanya Reid Smith, Legal Advisor and Senior Researcher, Third World Network * Celso Amorim, Former Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations and Minister of Defense * Amy Kapczynski, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Global Health Justice Partnership * William New, Director/Editor-in-Chief. Intellectual Property Watch * Ilana Solomon, Director, The Sierra Club Responsible Trade Program. * Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities * Greg Grandin, Professor of History, New York University * Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, Hamilton College * Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research * Caroll Muffet, President and CEO, Center for International Environmental Law, Synapse Energy * Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy; Research Director, Center for Finance, Law & Policy, Boston University * Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch * David Van Zandt, President, The New School * Celeste Drake, Trade and Globalization Policy Specialist, AFL-­CIO * Tim Wise, Director, Research and Policy Program, Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University

Moderators:

* Everita Silina, Assistant Professor of Int’l Affairs, The New School Public Engagement

* Will Milberg, Dean, New School for Social Research

* Sakiko Fukuda­ Parr, Professor of International Affairs, The New School

* Tom Kruse, Program Director, Democratic Practice–Global Governance, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Hosted by Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs in conjunction with the Shifting Social Contract Seminar Series, and professors Everita Silina and Sakiko Fukuda-Parr.

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