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American democracy is in jeopardy, from the disastrous Citizens United ruling that flooded our politics with corporate cash to the immoral assault on voting rights. We work every day to defend against these threats and advance bold reforms.

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Coalition Calls on Americans to Reject Trump’s Threat to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy

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Making Government Work [2]

The U.S. government should work for the public, not corporations or industry. It should safeguard consumers, workers and the environment, and be funded well enough to do so. The budget process must not be obstructed by partisanship.

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It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors

Ensuring Public Money Does Not Go To Private Equity
Consumer & Worker Safeguards [3]

Every day, big banks, big polluters, and big tech companies are threatening our economy, our environment, and our democracy – sacrificing Main Street Americans and our families on the altar of corporate profits. Public Citizen advocates for ordinary people by taking on corporate interests and their cronies in government.

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A.I. Is Already Harming Democracy, Competition, Consumers, Workers, Climate, and More

Twitter Likely Violated Consent Decree, Public Citizen Tells FTC, DOJ
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Prescription drugs are unaffordable and new drugs and devices often are approved without being proven safe and effective. Public Citizen challenges Big Pharma, device manufacturers and federal regulators to make drugs and medical devices safe, effective and accessible to all.

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Health care in the U.S. leaves too many people out, costs too much and doesn’t meet acceptable standards of quality. Much of the care that we get is unaffordable, unnecessary or harmful. Public Citizen advocates Medicare for All, stronger oversight of dangerous doctors and safe clinical trials.

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Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2017-2019

Statement: FDA Must Reject Tanezumab as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis Due to Unacceptable Dangers, Little to No Benefit
Globalization & Trade [6]

Our Mission

Global Trade Watch’s mission is to ensure that in this era of globalization, a majority have the opportunity to enjoy economic security, a healthy environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making about the matters that affect our lives. Global Trade Watch has led the fight against corporate-rigged “trade” agreements that provide special powers for Big Pharma to raise medicine prices, promote the outsourcing of jobs to low-wage countries and undermine the food safety and other safeguards on which our families rely. For decades, we have fought for progressive alternatives that benefit people and the planet.

President Biden: No Secrecy in Indo-Pacific Trade Talks

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Climate Peace Clause Needed to Stop Trade Attacks on Climate Policies

Big Tech’s “Digital Trade” Power-Grab
Climate & Energy [7]

The climate crisis is the challenge of our time. We can fix it with solutions that will make us healthier and more economically secure. We must act quickly to make our economy run on renewable power — and ensure that disadvantaged families and displaced workers share equitably in the new economy. We also must fight the corrupting power of fossil fuel companies and ensure that energy regulators are effective and publicly accountable.

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Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record
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Litigation can remedy or deter wrongdoing, impact policy and meaningfully slow abuses of power. Whether suing on behalf of our members to ensure the honest functioning of government, or representing individual consumers seeking redress in court, our litigation draws on our expertise in administrative law, constitutional law, and government transparency.

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Ending the corporate power grab of Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Today’s "trade" agreements grant new rights to multinational corporations to sue governments before a panel of three corporate lawyers. These lawyers can award the corporations unlimited sums to be paid by taxpayers, including for the loss of expected future profits, on claims that a nation’s policy violates their rights. Their decisions cannot be appealed.

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Our Work

Here are some resources that advocates and researchers are using to fight to eliminate the ISDS corporate power grab.

Table of Investor-State Claims

See all corporate investor-state cases and claims launched under U.S. ‘free trade’ deals.

Fact Sheet: What Does NAFTA 2.0 Mean for Investor-State Dispute Settlement?

Download the fact sheet to learn more about NAFTA 2.0 and ISDS.

Selected Statements and Actions Against ISDS

Download statements of voices opposed to ISDS – from activists and policymakers, to the private sector.

External Voices

U.S. Government Seeks to Dismiss Keystone XL Pipeline Case, While Taxpayers Have Already Spent $250,000 to NAFTA Arbitration Tribunal

January 19, 2023

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Webinar: Stopping Trade Attacks on Climate Policies

November 16, 2022

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U.S. Pressuring New Left-Wing Honduras Government

October 28, 2022

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Tell Congress: Pass the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Coalition Calls on Americans to Reject Trump’s Threat to the Rule of Law and U.S. Democracy

Working With The Not Above the Law Coalition to Call for January 6th Justice

Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

It’s Time to Cut the Bloated Pentagon Budget to Fund People, Not Military Contractors

Ensuring Public Money Does Not Go To Private Equity

Don’t Let Big Tech Write Our Digital Privacy Laws

A.I. Is Already Harming Democracy, Competition, Consumers, Workers, Climate, and More

Twitter Likely Violated Consent Decree, Public Citizen Tells FTC, DOJ

Fight Pharma Greed

Win Medicare for All

Report: Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2017-2019

Statement: FDA Must Reject Tanezumab as a Treatment for Osteoarthritis Due to Unacceptable Dangers, Little to No Benefit

Our Mission

President Biden: No Secrecy in Indo-Pacific Trade Talks

Climate Peace Clause Needed to Stop Trade Attacks on Climate Policies

Big Tech’s “Digital Trade” Power-Grab

Tell Toyota: Go all-in on EVs

Climate Roadmap for U.S. Financial Regulation

Toyota’s Troubling Electric Vehicle Track Record

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Ending the corporate power grab of Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Our Work

Table of Investor-State Claims

Fact Sheet: What Does NAFTA 2.0 Mean for Investor-State Dispute Settlement?

Selected Statements and Actions Against ISDS

Sen. Warren and 30+ Members of Congress Call for Elimination of ISDS, Action on Behalf of Honduran Government

Warren Leads Call to End Dispute System ‘Weaponized’ by Corporations Amid Honduras Case

33 Democrats Urge Ban on Investor-State Dispute Provisions in All US Trade Deals

Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue: Stop Using Trade Rules to Chill Regulatory Action

What can Starmer learn from Biden? Now is not the time for timidity

How Biden Can End Secretive Corporate Tribunals