Posted on 26 March 2009. Tags: "Free Trade", Barack Obama, Citizens Trade Campaign, Class Warfare, NAFTA, Panama
While we are distracted by the minor problem of the financial crisis, and shoveling mountains of cash into the hands of private investors who will enrich themselves (again), there is the small matter of the so-called "free trade" deal with Panama that keeps poking its nose above ground. There are murmurings that there will […]
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Posted on 05 August 2008. Tags: Citizens Trade Campaign, Democratic National Committee, Leo Gerard, Trade
Now that the platform committee has met a number of times, we should learn what the Democratic Party’s platform will say about trade. I’m told the language may be finalized today. In the meantime, consider a couple of nuggets of information: The Citizens Trade Campaign came up with proposed language, which you can […]
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Posted on 02 October 2007. Tags: "Free Trade", CAFTA, Citizens Trade Campaign, Peru
Yesterday, I mentioned the protests in Costa Rica over the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). From our friends at the Citizens Trade Campaign comes a reminder that there is a so-called "free trade" deal pending with Peru. They ask you to take action to stop the deal and here are the main reasons […]
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