The Godfather Approach to Trade
Trump wants to “renegotiate” trade deals like NAFTA. But there’s no evidence he wants to fix their corrosive impact on labor protections or environmental standards.
The Price of NAFTA
A Trade Justice Alliance webinar.
A Wake-Up Call For Trump’s Trade Agenda
The investor-state provisions in NAFTA don’t help workers. Instead, they hand enormous power to corporations to bully governments into undoing measures to protect workers, the environment, and public health.
Trump’s Bad Deal on Trade
Trump says he’ll spike bad trade deals, but he’s still letting the big corporations that write them make the rules.
The Great Donald Trump Confidence Trick: Symbolism Over Substance
The executive orders signed on Monday will raise mortgage costs and healthcare premiums for the very people the new president claims to champion.
The Trade Debate Isn’t About the U.S. vs. the World, It’s Corporations vs. the Rest of Us
If Trump lets corporate elites dictate new trade rules, all working families will suffer.
Why We Need to Worry about Wilbur Ross
America’s next secretary of commerce may be a private equity kingpin who owes his fortune to a career of manipulating American workers.
El Salvador Ruling Offers a Reminder of Why the TPP Must Be Defeated
Obama is waging a full-court press to pass the unpopular trade treaty after the November elections.
Free Trade’s Regulatory Chilling Effects
Under deals like the TPP, countries that might otherwise have curtailed corporate activities won’t do so, simply out of fear of being sued by multinational corporations.
Clinton’s Surprising Debate Stumble on Trade
Bad trade deals created the social rot Trump is exploiting today. Why does Hillary defend them?
The Debate’s Top Five Inequality Moments
Inequality circled near center stage as 100 million viewers watched the two candidates debate what to do about America’s huge — and still growing — economic divide.
‘Free Trade’ Deals Like Obama’s TPP Only Widen the Economic Divide
A Mexican fair trade activist offers lessons from NAFTA.
Statement on Donald Trump’s Visit to Mexico
IPS Expert on Free Trade Issues: Mexican President Peña Nieto is opening the doors to a xenophobe who doesn’t understand that the issues of free trade and immigration are inextricably linked.
Free Trade Agreements Have Exacerbated a Humanitarian Crisis in Central America
Proposals like the Alliance for Prosperity Plan and the Trans-Pacific Partnership will only accelerate a race to the bottom for families in the Northern triangle of Latin America, Manuel Perez-Rocha said at the AFL-CIO conference on U.S. trade policy.
Betting the Farm on Free Trade
The White House is gambling with our health, jobs, and the environment by embracing the Trans-Pacific Partnership.