Global Trade Watch
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Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, promoting government & corporate accountability in #globalization and #trade since 1995.
More of the same: Trump’s tariff chaos churns out exemptions tilted toward donors and loyalists while working people and consumers continue to pay the price.
Decades of “free trade” deals, written by and for the richest of the rich, killed good jobs and gutted working-class communities. It’s time for something new. Tell your Rep. to take a stand! Scan the QR code.
Past trade agreements haven’t delivered for working people; we have an alternative trade model that benefits everyone – not just those at the very top. Tell your Rep. to take a stand!
Tell your representative that it’s time to take a stand and support trade policy that centers workers, not billionaires. Send a letter by scanning the QR code!
We had to sue the Trump admin to get info on how Big Tech is trying to influence trade policy. An initial FOIA disclosure reveals a cozy relationship where U.S. gov officials and Big Tech lobbyists collaborate to push back on online regulations around the world.
Uncertainty in trade because Google got fined by the EU? What about the uncertainty caused by this administration’s ridiculous and constantly changing trade policy? The EU’s regulations making the digital sector fairer are neither discriminatory nor unfair.
A day after imposing tariffs on Brazil for blatantly political reasons, the Trump administration claims the EU is being unfair by fining Big Tech companies for digital competition violations.
UPDATE: We called it. Just as the Trump admin’s temporary tariffs under Section 122 are set to expire, they use this investigation to resurrect its legally challenged tariff regime.
HAPPENING NOW: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, just one day after Trump doubled down on tariff chaos and secretive trade dealmaking that includes massive corporate giveaways.
The numbers don’t lie. Big Tech is targeting digital safeguards across the globe. Swipe for more ➡️
Trump's secret minerals deals provide ample cover for possible conflicts of interest. @repjohnnyo.bsky.social shines a light on these shady deals and just how willing this administration is to hide under that cover.
The core problems with NAFTA live on in its successor: the USMCA. 🗣️: Dustin Gruella from @teamsters on the changes working people need.
After his sham investigation, Trump is slapping a 25% tariff on Brazil for regulating social media misinformation and supporting its public digital payments system. Just the latest in outcomes that help no one but Big Tech and their deregulatory agenda.
If you thought Big Tech was heinous at home, you’re right. And they’re expanding all over the globe.
Being anti-Trump isn’t enough for working people; we need to have a real plan for the future. This is how trade policy fits in.
Our new map of Trump’s trade report reveals something big: Big Tech is accelerating its global attack on public interest digital laws.
Bad trade deals don’t just impact those in manufacturing — it touches us all. The USMCA needs substantial changes to live up to Trump's promise to working people to “fix NAFTA” and stop offshoring.
Today marked the deadline for the USMCA review, and now we know it will not be renewed as is. Congress must now step up and take this opportunity to fix its failures.
Today’s Supreme Court ruling gives even more power to billionaires to influence our democracy. That's how we end up with trade policy written for corporations instead of working people. 🗣️ : @theameilee.bsky.social
When Big Tech says jump, Trump asks how high. Check our new map of all the digital regulations Trump is targeting in 76 countries around the world, and see which Big Tech lobby groups asked him to attack these privacy, AI safety and anti-monopoly laws.
@pocan.house.gov , Amb. Katherine Tai, Kriss Motion of the WI Farmers Union, and Shawn Phetteplace of Main Street Alliance yesterday.
Farmers and small business owners gathered in Mt. Horeb for a town hall to envision a bold new path forward on trade policy.
Elites on both sides of the aisle have supported disastrous free trade deals and failed to deliver for working people. We’re in Mt. Horeb TONIGHT, join us to help shape an economy that works for all of us – not just the billionaires.
@chuygarcia.house.gov, @ramirez.house.gov, Amb. Katherine Tai, GTW Director Melinda St. Louis and James Dumas, financial secretary/treasurer of UAW Local 3212 yesterday.
Union members and migrant justice organizers packed the house in Chicago to demand a bold new blueprint for trade policy and share experiences on how unfair trade and economic policies have harmed working people.
Working people need a bold, progressive trade agenda. We’re in Mt. Horeb next Tuesday to have conversations about what that could look like! RSVP now, link below.
We are at a crossroads between a billionaire-run corporate dystopia and a global economy where one job is enough to raise a family.
HAPPENING NEXT WEEK! Join us in Chicago next Monday, June 15th, to talk to working people about creating a bold new blueprint for trade policy.
📢MT.HOREB: Corporate trade deals and chaotic tariffs have failed to deliver for working people. This event is about changing that. Join us on June 16th at 5:30 pm.