A provision of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement allows the US government to investigate reported labor violations in Mexico that threaten US jobs. The enforcement record has been mixed, as Rethink Trade's Daniel Rangel tells The New York Times.👇 nytimes.com/2024/07/15/bus…

🚨BREAKING: Antitrust Division and AAG Jonathan Kanter just won the biggest antitrust case of the 21st century. A judge ruled Google an illegal monopolist for spending tens of billions on default search deals. Tremendous win for consumers, innovation, and the entire tech industry.

AFL-CIO ✊ "Free trade is a brand, not a policy" Rethink Trade's Lori Wallach unpacks the rules of trade policies and the importance of adopting a worker-centered trade agenda. #IAM2024

Today, I had the honor of discussing whether digital trade negotiations at the WTO will lead to inclusive trade and societies with the Nigerian and Indonesian delegates and civil society experts. Short answer: Not yet, but we can fight for a fairer digital future #WTOPublicForum

Really important piece here from Daniel Rangel and katie🌈 on how bad federal trade rules could foil state-based efforts to rein in big tech corporations governing.com/policy/how-fed…

Out today: Rethink Trade's Daniel Rangel (Daniel Rangel) and Katie Hettinga (katie🌈) have a new op-ed in GOVERNING, explaining their new interactive state policy tracker: buff.ly/4eJn9Rh Learn how Big Tech's "digital trade" agenda threatens the tech policy

🚨BIG: Rethink Trade is out with a NEW online tracker revealing that 100+ state level tech bills could be jeopardized by Big Tech's sneaky "digital trade" push. As seen in Morning Tech -- check out the full tracker here👇 rethinktrade.org/big-techs-digi…

As Daniel Rangel says: "Policymakers must work to prevent state and federal tech laws—including those already on the books—from being undercut by this international preemption strategy.” His full statement from this morning 👇 economicliberties.us/press-release/…

In 2007, Mexico refused to grant a permit for a hazardous waste facility near a UNESCO World Heritage site and vital Indigenous land. Then, the European company behind the controversial project sued via ISDS and won $40 million from Mexican taxpayers.

🚨 New Podcast Alert! 🚨 Did you know Big Tech’s "digital trade" agenda could threaten over 100 state laws on AI, privacy, and kids' online safety? Learn more in our latest episode of Rethinking Trade with Daniel Rangel and katie🌈. 🎧 Listen now:

Boom. The Justice Department is seeking "structural remedies," e.g., potential breakup of Google, including Android, Chrome, and the Play Store. But that's not all. It's a sweeping framework to match the sweeping effect of Google's monopoly. 🧵

Thanks Afronomicslaw for sharing our thoughts on the US-Kenya trade negotiations. Here we have a great opportunity to use trade policy for good, but this would only happen if negotiators ambitiously devise tools to hold corporations accountable when they violate rights.

La tarea sigue pendiente en la revisión del TLC de Colombia con EE.UU. Artículo de Daniel Rangel sobre la supuesta renegociación reciente del TLC, medida en realidad muy insuficiente. Muy recomendado. elespectador.com/economia/macro…

Big milestone: all 50 states have introduced Right to Repair legislation.

🚨TODAY at 1:30 ET: Join Lori Wallach and Daniel Rangel as they launch a new Rethink Trade report on Big Tech's "digital trade" data heist alongside Chris Murphy 🟧. This is a trade issue that will affect all of us--don't miss it! eventbrite.com/e/the-digital-…

🧵1/ ¿Sabías que camioneros mexicanos que cruzan mercancía para Hyundai fueron despedidos por intentar organizarse? Ayer, EE.UU. solicitó a México investigar posibles violaciones a sus derechos laborales. Es la 38ª vez que se activa el Mecanismo Laboral del T-MEC. Te contamos:

I don't want to overstate its effect, but the principle behind AB 325 is immense. As tech platforms find new ways to control our economy from the top down - our access to food, healthcare, housing, and information - AB 325 chooses a bottom-up approach to restructuring society.