7-9-09
Action Alert from Global Trade Watch
Last June, a new bill called the Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Expansion Act (TRADE) Act was introduced in Congress by fair trade champions Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine). The TRADE Act is set to be reintroduced very soon for 2009 - likely next week. This landmark legislation sets forth in concrete, detailed terms a progressive vision for good trade agreements in the future. It's finally a trade bill that activists can support!
Please take a moment to contact your representative and urge them to cosponsor the TRADE Act. Public Citizen has a page you can use to write them, with a video briefing by their director Lori Wallach: http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27339
Video Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fko4wdPhppI 3 min 28 sec
More info -
Our One Stop Fact Sheet for Activists on the 2009 TRADE Act (PDF)
The final 2009 House legislation (PDF)
"A New Day On Trade" - sign-on letter from 350+ U.S. civil society organizations supporting the TRADE Act and more