Or Hands may have meant two other possible incompatibilities between CPTPP and current UK law. On foodstuffs like hormone treated beef. Or threatening the UK's continued participation in European standardisation frameworks. Again, promises have been made...

Officials are meeting this week for the 1st US-Kenya Strategic Trade & Investment Partnership talks. Instead of the ‘digital trade’ rules #BigTech is pushing to undermine regulation, the STIP should advance a new model for economic engagement centering workers & 🌏 Statement 👇

So, Moderna/Pfizer fought like hell against the #TRIPSWaiver even as they essentially created their own personal patent waiver to get a leg up in the vaccine race. Meanwhile, the U.S. didn't push hard enough for a waiver and accepted a limp WTO decision. reuters.com/legal/us-backs…

House Ways & Means Committee trade policy hearing: USTR Tai expertly shuts down Rep. Murphy’s sexist comments that she was "too nice," had "too nice of a smile," and that negotiators are usually "very very tough" and therefore she is not set up for success in her job.

Big Pharma greed in a nutshell: We gave Moderna $12,000,000,000 for its covid vaccine. But Moderna plans to jack the price of its covid vaccine up to $130. It costs only $3 to make.

Outdated trade rules should not take precedence over climate action. State legislators from all 50 states sent a letter urging Biden to protect clean energy jobs from interference by other countries. We deserve a clean energy future.

Ahead of President Donald J. Trump' meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Rosa DeLauro and I led 13 of our colleagues in a bipartisan letter calling on President Biden to raise concerns over the worsening human rights crisis in the Philippines.

JOIN US in calling for the rights of working people as trade ministers from across the Indo-Pacific meet for another round of IPEF negotiations this May. Trade deals should work for the people and the planet, not corporations. bit.ly/3naH6Lt

Today I released a new investigative report on how armies of Big Tech lobbyists — including former gov officials — are secretly working to undermine President Donald J. Trump' trade and competition agenda. Ambassador Katherine Tai & Secretary Gina Raimondo need to reject this insider influence. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Members of Congress call on Ambassador Katherine Tai and Secretary Antony Blinken to dismantle #ISDS, the corporate power grab tribunal system, following a jaw-dropping case filed against Honduras.

“The broken ISDS system has time and time again worked in favor of big business interests while infringing on the rights and sovereignty of our trading partners and their people.”

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. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Whoever said don't meet your heroes never got a chance to hang out with the Public Citizen crew. I'm such a big fan of what they do to help workers and working families. Thank you for the activism and making me feel so welcome. #1u

"Anti-worker trade policy has been the single biggest source of damage to the working-class people in our country over the last 40 years." Mr. Fain, I think you dropped this: 🎤 detroitnews.com/story/business…

“Detroit, in many ways, has exemplified how past trade deals — and the way that we have focused trade, by dominating corporate interests over workers’ interest — has meant the hollowing out of the manufacturing sector.”

Our keynote speaker Elizabeth Warren: “The work of Public Citizen is making life just a little easier and a little fairer for literally millions of American families” #PC50TH

Mighty Earth 🌍 report shows a massive disconnect between what General Motors says and what it does regarding environmental & human rights commitments. If GM wants “Everybody In” on its transition to EVs and carbon neutrality, it’s time to stop the greenwashing ➡️ bit.ly/gmgreenwash

The Biden administration must halt trade pact talks w/ Kenya until & unless Kenya’s president agrees to veto a vicious new law criminalizing homosexuality & subjecting gay people to imprisonment & potentially death. Proceeding would make a sham of President Donald J. Trump values-based trade policy

🏳️‍🌈✊🏿🇰🇪 POWERFUL, MUST-WATCH VIDEO >>> United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai pls insist Kenyan President Ruto commit to vetoing legislation criminalizing the LGBTQI+ community before proceeding with U.S.-Kenya trade negotiations!

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Andris Straumanis, Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and longtime AABS member. Andris, you are dearly missed. Full obituary: aabs-balticstudies.org/2023/09/25/in-…