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Global Trade Watch

Type: Organization

Name: Global Trade Watch

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Briefing from the frontlines of resistance to the TPP negotiations in Lima, Peru

On May 17, the Council of Canadians hosted a live broadcast from Lima where trade justice activists were attending a 17th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations that continue in the Peruvian capital this week. The online broadcast, viewable ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 23 2013]

Entities: Lima (Peru), Peru, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Sierra Club

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Chile’s Recent Lead Negotiator on Trans-Pacific Partnership Warns It Could Be a “Threat to Our Countries”

An important article in the Latin American press peculiarly has not gotten the attention it deserves. Or perhaps not so peculiarly, given the Obama administration’s intention to keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations as far out of the public ... [Published naked capitalism - May 23 2013]

Entities: Chile, Threat, Global Trade Watch

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

International Arbitration Does Over Rule National Law, Yes. That's The Point

Thereâs massive environmental pollution around the Peruvian town of La Oroya. Someone, somewhere, is to blame for this and they should be held to account. These are, to my mind at least, simple facts about the world we inhabit. After that, everything ... [Published Forbes.com - May 12 2013]

Entities: Arbitration, Renco Group Inc, La Oroya (Peru)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

World Trade Organization

USA - Cool laws are the way of the future

Agricultural groups and consumer advocates implored the Obama administration on Thursday to press forward with contentious meat labeling regulations despite the threat of damaging international trade sanctions.A coalition of farmers and consumer rights ... [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 09 2013]

Entities: World Trade Organization, United States, Lori Wallach, Global Trade Watch

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Warren raises questions about widening trade deficit with South Korea

Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren raised questions on Tuesday about why the trade gap between the United States and South Korea has increased sharply since a free trade agreement went into effect nearly a year ago.$ During a nomination hearing for ... [Published The Hill - May 07 2013]

Entities: Elizabeth Warren, Trade Deficit, Fred Hochberg, South Korea, Lori Wallach

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Talk Nation Radio: Here Comes Corporate Nationhood

By David SwansonMay 1, 2013 And you thought corporate personhood was bad enough! Lacey Kohlmoos, Senior Field Organizer, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, tells us that the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) will create corporate nationhood by empowering ... [Published Scoop - May 06 2013]

Entities: David Swanson, Stop Online Piracy Act, Global Trade Watch, Trans Pacific Partnership, Duke Ellington

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Agriculture

WTO COOL Review Could Be Telling for Trade

The World Trade Organization (WTO) required the USDA to improve its country-of-origin labeling law after a challenge was brought by Canada and Mexico. The proposed rule has already received threats of retaliation measures from the two, however supporters ... [Published Farm Futures - May 03 2013]

Entities: World Trade Organization, Lori Wallach, US Department of Agriculture, Mexico, Canada

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Obama makes Commerce, trade representative picks

Penny Pritzker, President Obama's choice as Commerce Secretary, as seen in July 2012. (Saul Loeb/AFP/)Filed UnderPresident Obama plans to fill out his economic team on Thursday, nominating a long-time supporter and a top aide for the jobs of Commerce ... [Published Federal Times - May 02 2013]

Entities: Penny Pritzker, Barack Obama, Hyatt Hotels Corp, Lori Wallach, Global Trade Watch

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

China’s Model of Development and the “Beijing Consensus”

loading...Author: Joshua Kurlantzick, Fellow for Southeast AsiaApril 29, 2013China-US FocusThe attendees of the annual World Economic Forum in Davos are not exactly used to being told what to do. The Swiss resort draws the global elite: The highest-powered ... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: China, Beijing, World Economic Forum, Lori Wallach, Global Trade Watch

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Human Rights and Access to Legal Representation

loading...by Terra Lawson-RemerApril 29, 2013Last week a federal judge ruled that mentally disabled immigrants facing deportation have a right to representation in immigration proceedings, and ordered immigration courts in Arizona, California, and Washington ... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Human Rights, Deportation, Custody

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

"The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority"

Lori Wallach, co-author of "The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority," describes how trade policy/negotiations went from being under the authority of Congress to being largely under the authority of the executive branch. Wallach argues that this ... [Published Booktv - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Lori Wallach, Global Trade Watch, Busboys and Poets

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Governance and Growth in the Arab Transitions

Examining the economic fallout of the Arab uprisings is critical as societies struggle to move past the upheaval and fight for a measure of stability and security. Unemployment rates in the region have climbed in the last two years:$ Egypt’s is now 13 ... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Reformism, International Monetary Fund, Fallout, Unemployment

Quotes

"Although not all the news coming from APEC was good, it is too early to tell if the TPP will live up to its promise to create great opportunities for America's working families. Now is the time to speak up. If you have concerns about some of these announcements, too, now is the time to speak up--the TPP is still being negotiated." This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture. I am a Fellow with CAF

Dave Johnson: Upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership Looks Like Corporate Takeover [Published Huffington Post - May 15 2013]

...according to a paper by Howard Mann, a senior law adviser at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a Winnipeg-based nonprofit. "They were never meant to be the first recourse of a foreign investor to create or settle a dispute" Mann said in an interview

International Arbitration Does Over Rule National Law, Yes. That's The Point [Published Forbes.com - May 12 2013]

...As reported by CBC, the federal government, which is ultimately responsible for WTO decisions involving Canada, said, "As this is the first time Canada has received a WTO panel ruling arising solely from provincial policy or legislation, we will work with the Ontario government in order to respond to the decision."

Canadian, U.S. responses to WTO decision in Green Energy Act case [Published Rabble.ca - May 10 2013]

"This clause gives more power to foreign investors than the people of Peru" said Conrado Olivera Alcocer, executive director of Joining Hands Network Peru, a group of charities that focuses on the environment and individual rights...

Coup d’Etat to World Trade Seen in Billionaire Toxic Lead Fight [Published BusinessWeek - May 09 2013]

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A year later, U.S. trade with Colombia grows wh... [Published Kansas City Star - May 23 2013]
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Public Citizen and Sierra Club Denounce World T... [Published Care2 - May 16 2013]
On One-Year Anniversary of U.S. Free Trade Agre... [Published Public Citizen - May 15 2013]
Dave Johnson: Upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnershi... [Published Huffington Post - May 15 2013]
Upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership Looks Like C... [Published Seeing the Forest - May 15 2013]
International Arbitration Does Over Rule Nation... [Published Forbes.com - May 12 2013]
Fil-Ams join protests against secre... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 11 2013]
Canadian, U.S. responses to WTO decision in Gre... [Published Rabble.ca - May 10 2013]
Coup d’Etat to World Trade Seen in Billionaire ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 09 2013]
USA - Cool laws are the way of the future [Published Meat Trade News Daily - May 09 2013]
Public Citizen and Sierra Club Denounce World T... [Published Common Dreams - May 07 2013]
Warren raises questions about widening trade de... [Published The Hill - May 07 2013]
Talk Nation Radio: Here Comes Corporate Nationhood [Published Scoop - May 06 2013]
US-Style Free Trade in Good Hands with Michael ... [Published NYC Independent Media Center - May 04 2013]
WTO COOL Review Could Be Telling for Trade [Published Farm Futures - May 03 2013]
Obama Ask Trade Nominees to Tackle Slumping U.S... [Published Bloomberg - May 03 2013]
Business groups, lawmakers express support for ... [Published The Hill - May 02 2013]
Obama makes Commerce, trade representative picks [Published Federal Times - May 02 2013]
China’s Model of Development and the “Beijing C... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Apr 30 2013]
Human Rights and Access to Legal Representation [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Apr 29 2013]
"The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority" [Published Booktv - Apr 27 2013]
Governance and Growth in the Arab Transitions [Published Council On Foreign Relations - Apr 26 2013]
Two Years after Obama's Colombia "Labor Action ... [Published Care2 - Apr 17 2013]
Investor-State Dispute Resolution: The Monster ... [Published Techdirt - Apr 16 2013]
Happy birthday, South Korean trade deal! Let’s ... [Published Ezra Klein - Mar 15 2013]
U.S.-EU Trade Deal is the Foundation For a New ... [Published St George West - Feb 26 2013]
$100M Brawl: Lilly, Canada & An Invalidated Patent [Published Pharmalot - Dec 13 2012]
The Usual Anti-WTO Suspects [Published Cato @ Liberty - Nov 29 2012]

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Chile’s Recent Lead Negotiator on Trans-Pacific... [Published naked capitalism - May 23 2013] An important article in the Latin American press peculiarly has not gotten the attention it deserves. Or perhaps not so peculiarly, given the Obama administration’s intention to keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations as far out of the public ...
Upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership Looks Like C... [Published Seeing the Forest - May 15 2013] You will be hearing a lot about the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. TPP’s negotiations are being held in secret with details kept secret even from our Congress. But giant corporations are in the loop. TPP is a “trade” agreement ...
Investor-State Dispute Resolution: The Monster ... [Published Techdirt - Apr 16 2013] We wrote recently about how multilateral trade agreements have become a convenient way to circumvent democratic decision making. One of the important features of such treaties is the inclusion of an investor-state dispute resolution mechanism, which ...
Happy birthday, South Korean trade deal! Let’s ... [Published Ezra Klein - Mar 15 2013] One year ago Friday, President Obama signed a free trade agreement with South Korea, a step that marked his arrival as an unexpectedly aggressive trade supporter. And on the agreement’s first birthday, the opponents of the largest trade deal to be enacted ...
U.S.-EU Trade Deal is the Foundation For a New ... [Published St George West - Feb 26 2013] Dana Gabriel: The U.S. and EU have agreed to launch negotiations on what would be the world's largest free trade deal. Such an agreement would be the basis for the creation of an economic NATO and would include trade in goods, services and investment, ...