Washington, D.C. — In response to today’s World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against U.S. clean energy measures within the...
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Statement on Canada’s Rescinding of Digital Services Tax after Trump Suspended Trade Talks
Washington, D.C. — In response to reporting that the Canadian government is rescinding a tax aimed at large tech corporations in...
Statement on U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement as North American Leaders Meet
Washington, D.C. — As President Trump visits Calgary, where he will attend one-on-one meetings about trade and other topics with...
Changes Needed for the USMCA Review to Benefit Working People
Washington, D.C. — As the mandatory, six-year review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal approaches, the...
U.S.-EU Working Group on Global Trade Challenges Urged to End Trade Attacks on Climate Measures
Washington, D.C. — Over 1,300 people submitted official comments to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today urging...
Labor and Environmental Groups Urge U.S. Officials to Reject WTO Attack against the IRA
Washington, D.C. — A dozen labor, environmental and other civil society organizations submitted joint public comments to the...
Environmentalists, Others Submit Joint Comments on Potential Critical Minerals Standards within APEP
Washington, D.C. — Leading environmental and other civil society organizations submitted joint comments to the Office of U.S....
Statement on China’s Trade Challenge Against the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
Washington, D.C. — In response to the Chinese government's escalated trade challenge against the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax...
Environmental Orgs & Others Outline Critical Mineral Supply Chain Standards Needed to Advance Climate and Sustainable Development Goals
Washington, D.C. — Leading environmental and other civil society organizations submitted joint comments to the Office of U.S....
Ruby River Capital Urged to Drop Anti-Climate Trade Suit
At Offices in Quebec, California, Delaware & Texas, Environmental Activists Will Challenge the Firm’s $1 Billion ISDS Case...
Statement on China’s Announced Trade Challenge Against U.S. Tax Credits for Electric Vehicles
Washington, D.C. — In response to China's announcement today that it will launch a trade challenge against the U.S. Inflation...
Biden’s Executive Order on Data Protections Is Another Win for Consumer Privacy
Washington, D.C. — In response to the anticipated release today of President Biden’s executive order to protect Americans'...
MC13: The WTO Has Proven Itself Incapable of Putting Public Health Over Pharma Profits
And the United States’ Prioritization of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Protections Isn’t Helping Prior to the start of the World Trade...
Groups Praise USTR Tai for Defending Privacy, Workers & Civil Rights in “Digital Trade” Negotiations
Washington, D.C. — Civil society groups across a range of sectors sent a letter to President Biden today praising U.S. Trade...
Public Health Groups & Others Urge Support for WTO Proposal to Increase Access to COVID Tests & Treatments
For Immediate Release Public Health Groups & Others Urge Support for WTO Proposal to Increase Access to COVID Tests &...
Leading U.S. Environmental Groups Want CBAM Protected from Trade Attacks
Washington, D.C. — Leading environmental organizations urged the Biden administration today to work with the European Union...
234 Environmental Groups Call for a Climate Peace Clause to End Trade Attacks on Climate Initiatives
Seattle, Wash. — As senior officials from the U.S. and throughout the Pacific Rim met in Seattle for a final round of talks...
Activists Deliver 10,000 Petition Signatures Demanding Transparency Amid Ongoing Asia-Pacific Trade Talks
Seattle Demands, 'No Rigged Trade Deals for Big Tech!' Activists Deliver 10,000 Petition Signatures Demanding Transparency...
U.S. and EU Trade Negotiators Urged to End Trade Attacks on Clean Energy Policies
Washington, D.C. — Just days before U.S. and European Union officials meet for the next Trade and Technology Council summit,...
Rally Outside APEC Meeting in Palm Springs Calls for Trade Deals that Prioritize Working People and the Planet
Palm Springs, Calif. — As senior officials from throughout the Indo-Pacific region gathered today for the start of a two-week...
Statement on the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. State Department will be hosting a virtual ministerial...
Statement on the Biden Administration’s Support for Extending Deadline on COVID Test & Treatment Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced its support for extending the upcoming...
New Analysis Shows How a Climate Peace Clause Could End Increasing Trade Attacks on Green Jobs Initiatives & Other Climate Measures
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just days before the U.S. hosts the European Union (EU) to continue negotiations within the Trade and...
Students Across the U.S. Urge Biden Administration to Lift Barriers to Global COVID Test & Treatment Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Students on over a dozen campuses across the U.S. are participating in a “Week of Action” calling on the...
Labor & Other Groups Demand Transparency in Indo-Pacific Trade Negotiations
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — As trade ministers from fourteen countries meet in Los Angeles today for behind-closed-door negotiations...
41 Civil Society Groups Urge White House to Support Lifting WTO Barriers to COVID Test & Treatment Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. should publicly support lifting World Trade Organization (WTO) barriers to COVID test and treatment...
Statement: EU Threatens Trade Challenges on Climate IRA Provisions, Demonstrating Need for Climate Peace Clause
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new warning issued by the European Union (EU) claiming that the U.S. Electric Vehicle tax credit in the...
Statement on the Lack of Transparency in Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Negotiations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. prepares to host a virtual ministerial on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), Arthur...
100+ Civil Society Groups Ask White House For Transparency in IPEF Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of next week’s high-level meeting of the U.S. and 13 Indo-Pacific nations, more than 100 civil society...
Statement: On Second Anniversary of the USMCA, the U.S., Canada and Mexico Should Commit to a Climate Peace Clause
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of a meeting this week between U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai and her Mexican and Canadian...
298 Public Health, Labor & Other Groups Condemn WTO’s Failure to Waive Rules Standing in the Way of COVID Vaccine & Treatment Access
EU, Switzerland, UK & US Criticized for Blocking a Waiver; Governments Urged to Take Action Outside of the WTO WASHINGTON,...
Ahead of WTO Summit, 750+ Students Nationwide Urge President Biden to Support Global COVID Vaccine & Treatment Access
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As governments worldwide prepare to meet at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva for its first...
Will the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) President Biden Announces During Asia Trip Benefit Working Americans?
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the anticipated launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) during President Joe Biden's...
Statement on the Removal of ‘Climate Peace Clause’ From Trade and Technology Council Agenda
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to media reports that a climate 'peace clause' was dropped from the upcoming U.S.-EU Trade and...
Press Memo: Most ASEAN Countries Are Not Appropriate Partners for the ‘Worker-Centered’ IPEF Agreement Biden Seeks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With severe labor rights abuses documented by U.S. government agencies year after year, many members of the...
150+ Environmental Groups Urge Inclusion of ‘Climate Peace Clause’ in Trade Agreements
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 150 environmental organizations today urged the Biden administration in a letter to promote a...
170+ Public Health, Faith, Trade Groups Urge White House To Reject Alternative WTO IP Text
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 170 national and state public health, faith and trade organizations urged the Biden administration...
Nationwide ‘Unhappy Birthday’ Protests Mark Unfulfilled Vaccine Equity Promise
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Public health advocates held “unhappy birthday” protests this week marking the one year since President Joe...
Statement: WTO Alternative to COVID IP Waiver Is Complete Garbage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The World Trade Organization (WTO) today formally introduced an alternative proposal to a waiver of...
Statement: Biden Must Deliver at Second White House Global COVID-19 Vaccine Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House announced a second White House Global COVID-19 Summit to be held May 12. The Trade...
Public Health Groups Urge President Biden to Reject Leaked WTO Text on COVID
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leading U.S. organizations today joined their South African and Indian counterparts in urging their...
Statement: Leaked WTO Proposal on COVID Vaccines Won’t Help End the Pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Newly-leaked text from the World Trade Organization pertaining to monopoly protections for pharmaceutical...
Entering Third Year of Pandemic, Nationwide Protests Demand World Leaders End COVID Monopolies
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, March 11, two years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, people on...
80-plus Civil Society Groups Urge Greater Global Vaccination Action From Biden
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden must commit to a complete waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID vaccines,...
1,000-plus Medical Professionals Urge President Biden To Increase Global COVID Vaccine, Treatment Production
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden should use his existing authority to bulk up COVID vaccine and treatment production...
Locals Honor Family Members Lost to COVID, Thank First Responders With Valentine’s Day Display
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Portland, Ore. and Killeen, Texas residents today displayed hundreds of valentines cards and letters in local...
In Letter to President, 53 Labor, Civil Rights, Consumer & Other Organizations Warn About Harmful Provisions in ‘Digital Trade’ Pacts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a joint letter to President Biden ahead of next week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit,...
“Die In” Protest Outside Merkel-Biden White House Summit Urges Germany to Stop Blocking Global COVID Vaccines
WASHINGTON, D.C — As President Joe Biden prepares to host German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a summit later today to discuss...