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Fair Trade Archive: GTW E-Newsletters, Action Alerts, and Updates

Global Trade Watch (GTW) promotes democracy by challenging corporate globalization, arguing that the current globalization model is neither a random inevitability nor "free trade." For our latest updates, visit our blog, Eyes on Trade, or see our featured publications.

RIP Doha Round

On July 29, 2008, the latest Doha Round WTO expansion negotiations came to a screeching halt. GTW Director Lori Wallach said, "Thank God no deal was reached, because the proposal under consideration would have exacerbated the serious economic, food security and social problems now rocking numerous countries... Now that WTO expansion has been again rejected at this 'make or break' meeting, elected officials and those on the campaign trail in nations around the world - including U.S. presidential candidates - will be asked what they intend to do to replace the failed WTO model and its version of corporate globalization with something that benefits the majority of people worldwide."

Read GTW's full statement on this latest Doha Round collapse.

Opening September 19: Battle in Seattle - the WTO like you've never seen it before!

Battle in Seattle is a feature film about the collapse of the 1999 WTO Ministerial in Seattle. The film is directed by Stuart Townsend and stars Andre Benjamin, Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez, Ray Liotta and more. Battle in Seattle will premier this September.

See our latest memo on the WTO's mini-Ministerial to be held next week, or click here for more information on the WTO in general.

Public Citizen Supports Landmark Trade Expansion Legislation

Following a presidential primary season highlighting broad public concern about current trade and globalization policies, the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act introduced on June 4, 2008 by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine, pictured above at podium) reveals a way forward to a new trade and globalization agenda that could benefit more Americans. The bill is supported by a broad array of labor, consumer, environmental, family farm and faith groups and more than 50 House and Senate original cosponsors.

For more information, please see our full press release, 2-page overview fact sheet (PDF), and the final House legislation (PDF).

Take action: Stop the Colombia FTA

In early April, President Bush sent his NAFTA expansion to Colombia to Congress over the objections of Speaker Pelosi and Congressional Democrats. Speaker Pelosi reasserted congressional authority over the bill by removing the Fast Track treatment of the bill.

The Bush administration's blatant disregard for the Democratic Congress' concerns regarding the Colombia FTA spell doom for this already fatally flawed NAFTA expansion. Help us put the final nails in the coffin and urge your member of Congress to publicly oppose the Colombia FTA!

New report: Presidential Candidates' Key Proposals on Health Care and Climate Will Require WTO Modifications

Global Trade Watch has just released a new report demonstrating how the overreach of WTO rules is highlighted by potential conflicts with proposals made by presidential candidates regarding health care reform and climate change. See more here, or download the full report (PDF).

Get the backstory on America's imported food and product safety crisis

Global Trade Watch's two latest reports reveal that it's not just jobs being offshored, but our food and product safety standards as well.

GTW's report Trade Deficit in Food Safety; Proposed NAFTA Expansions Replicate Limits on U.S. Food Safety Policy That Are Contributing to Unsafe Food Imports (PDF) reveals how trade agreements will worsen imported food safety problems. Also see our press release accompanying this report.

On product safety, GTW's report Santa's Sweatshop: "Made in D.C." with Bad Trade Policy (PDF) reveals how toy corporations are enjoying soaring profits and CEO salaries at an enormous cost to children's safety. Also see the accompanying press release.

Note: The above "Santa's Sweatshop" source photo by Flickr user "Megandavid," used under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

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