Through its Global Trade Watch program, Public Citizen seeks to ensure that in this era of globalization, all Americans can enjoy economic security, a clean environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making in matters that affect them and their communities.
TRADE Act introduced in 2009 to provide a way forward to a new trade and globalization agenda that could benefit more Americans. The legislation currently has 117 cosponsors.
Mar. 1 - USTR's 2010 Trade Policy Agenda: The Good, the Bad, and the BizarreFeb. 1 - A Year After Implementation of Peru Free Trade Agrement, U.S. and Peru Left with Broken Promises, No New Trade Model Nov. 13 - Cooling the Planet Without Chilling TradeSept. 25 - G-20 Call for Financial Reregulation Clashes With Push to Complete WTO Doha Round – Which Mandates New DeregulationSept. 23 - New Report: No Meaningful Safeguards for Prudential Measures in WTO Financial Service Deregulation AgreementsSept. 15 - Americans for Financial Reform Urges World Leaders to Change Course on Global Financial DeregulationJuly 29 - Testimony of Todd Tucker on the U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty Program
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