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Civil rights groups incl. @civilrightsorg, @LawyersComm, @NAACP, @NatUrbanLeague, @ACLU, @TeamUpturn, & others write to President Biden ahead of trade ministerial in Detroit:
Lawyers' Committee, @Public_Citizen and over a dozen groups asked @POTUS to protect domestic civil rights laws from being undermined by international trade agreements serving corporate interests. Read more here.
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Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
Negotiations are about to start on a new US-led trade deal that includes 14 countries. In the past these deals have hurt American workers, but this time we can flip the script.
Join members of Congress live now to talk about the next big trade deal.
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The Biden admin must remove #ISDS from existing FTAs— and pressure's on to start w/ CAFTA.
Why? B/c of a new $10.77bn claim over the repeal a Honduran law allowing for privatized cities where investors have even MORE power to shape labor laws, judicial systems + local governance.
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
My favourite charts from this year's Oxfam Davos report, Survival of the Richest. 1/9
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
From @Politico’s @GavinBade:
Unions and enviros agree: Outdated trade rules should not be used to undermine our laws intended to support a growing clean energy economy.
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
⚡️Newsflash from @Public_Citizen @Steelworkers @UAW @MachinistsUnion & @SierraClub⚡️
We're urging @POTUS: The IRA must be implemented as intended— without delays or technical changes that could undermine historic investments in our clean energy economy.
![Letter to President Biden: "The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has the potential to be a gamechanger for the industrial towns hit hardest by decades of offshoring... [bold text] Out-dated trade rules should not be used to undermine our laws intended to support a growing clean energy economy."
Logos: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, United Auto Workers, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, United Steelworkers](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmwxjpRXoAIGR7S.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Letter to President Biden: "The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has the potential to be a gamechanger for the industrial towns hit hardest by decades of offshoring... [bold text] Out-dated trade rules should not be used to undermine our laws intended to support a growing clean energy economy." Logos: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, United Auto Workers, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, United Steelworkers
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
The process by which the IPEF is negotiated is extremely important to @PublicCitizen’s members and our allies across the U.S. and in the Asia-Pacific region, who remain very skeptical that this deal will be different from the #TPP.
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
We travelled 30+ hours to Brisbane to advocate for #IPEF to be a trade model that actually benefits people, not another pact that benefits the megacorporations at the expense of the rest of us.
Here's what Melanie told negotiators: 🧵
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
ISDS lets companies ‘steal funds’ in the global south
euronews.com/green/2022/11/1… – at Ciputat, Indonesia
The world is racing towards the tipping point and instead of using every tool available, leaders are levying antiquated trade rules to protect corporate profits. #ClimateActionNow commondreams.org/news/2022/1…
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
Expanding the WTO’s June decision to cover COVID tests and treatments is Biden's best opportunity to deliver results for global public health after its historic May 2021 decision to support waiving WTO intellectual property barriers.
No more delays.
bit.ly/3F6k3GA
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
The inequality between the global North and South is still painfully apparent.
76% of known therapeutic supply deals have gone to global North countries.
#Fem4PeoplesVaccine
The Swiss ended up with 11 men on the field, but we're issuing a red card of our own.
As its neighboring countries exit the climate destroying ECT, Switzerland is shaping up to be a haven for fossil fuel companies by remaining in the treaty.
#ExitECT
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
💊 Our research w/ @Oxfam looks only at orders of Paxlovid, as data is not available on deliveries
🚨 As @yodifiji from the African Vaccine Delivery Alliance makes clear, the reality is far worse
‼️ People in lower-income countries don't have access to medicines like Paxlovid
This is actually inaccurate. It is worse than you report. NONE this far have gone to LICs - not a quarter. It is ZERO. There’s some questionable agreement with a consortium w/ the manufacturer to give some limited doses for free, but we’re not asking for charity. #EQUITY
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
Solidarity, doing no harm, friendship, and shared understanding that all developing countries are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change were the cornerstones of developing country unity on #LossAndDamage at #COP27
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
#COP27 on #LossAndDamage and #LossAndDamageFund , privileged to have worked with an inspiring, committed, and dedicated team of G77 and China developing country negotiators, fully conscious and moved by the groundswell of campaigning support from CSOs and movements
Public Citizen's GTW Action retweeted
Why prioritize ending trade attacks on green jobs programs & other climate initiatives via a #ClimatePeaceClause now?
Both because the climate crisis demands it AND because now is the right political moment to get it done.
Learn more: youtu.be/cjKByMP-RTk
Tune in tomorrow night! #ClimateActionNow #COP27
Why are the EU & South Korea trying to stop climate progress in the #InflationReductionAct?
Why is TC Energy suing the US for $15,000,000,000 over their failed investment in the Keystone XL pipeline?
RSVP to get the dirty 🛢️⚡️ truth: 11.16.22 // 8pm ET bit.ly/11-16-Webinar
ALT Live: Stopping Trade Attacks on Climate Policies. Learn how trade rules are impeding climate action and what we can do about it. Headshot of: Hebah Kassem, Sierra Club; Melanie Foley, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch; Ilana Solomon, Trade Justice Education Fund. Register now - Wed, November 16, 8pm ET
We can't let #BigPolluters write climate policy and bankroll climate talks. 💰
Will you join us in calling on world governments to #KickBigPollutersOut of #COP27?
Add your voice now ⬇️ kickbigpollutersout.org/take…
