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Labor Day Showdown: Can Advocates Stop ‘NAFTA of the Pacific’?
by Michelle Chen on September 2 2011, 10:01AM
Business and political leaders are meeting in Chicago for closed-door negotiations on yet another so-called free trade deal—a pact to coddle corporations interested in sweatshop labor, high-priced pharmaceuticals and destructive agribusiness.
Topics: Global Justice
U.S. Multinationals Revive NAFTA-Style Trade Deals on Capitol Hill
by Michelle Chen on May 3 2011, 9:04AM
From the food industry to tea party benefactor David Koch, corporatists are hammering lawmakers to move pacts that have been stalled since the Bush era.
Topics: ALEC, Economy, Global Affairs, Global Justice
Consensus Builds on Free Trade Deals, Alongside Proof of Their Toll
by Michelle Chen on April 18 2011, 9:27AM
On the same day this month, the president backed a Colombia pact he campaigned against, and new memos revealed how complicit Chiquita has been in anti-union violence.
Topics: Economy, Global Affairs, Global Justice
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