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Starts Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 10:00 PM for 7 days

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3/26/14 Edition  

Action Alerts

ACTION #1: Petition: No More Media Silence on TPP
http://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/no-more-media-silence-on-tpp/
ACTION #2: Stop Factory Farm Interests from Using the Proposed US-EU Free Trade Agreement (TTIP) to Attack Animal Welfare Standards
http://freetradekillsanimals.org/?page=TTIPNPPC
ACTION #3: Write Your Representative to Vote "No' on Fast Track Trade Authority
http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12445
Upcoming Events

Every Monday: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Facebook Blitz - Urge The Daily Show and the Colbert Report to address TPP!
Additional Details: http://tradejustice.net/blitz1614
Every Tuesday, 9-10PM: TPP Twitterstorm
Additional Details: http://tradejustice.net/storm
Wed, Mar 26: The True Cost of Coal: Labor, Environment, Mining , and the Colombia Free Trade Agreement w/ Aviva Chomsky & Fredy Lozano
First Presentation: 1PM: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, Room 5409 (between 34th and 35th Sts., Manhattan. Directions: 6 to 33rd Street or N/R/Q to 34th St-Herald Square.
RSVP & Additional Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/259634697537482/ Second Presentation: 6:00-8:30PM: City College of New York Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education, 25 Broadway, 7th Floor, Manhattan.
RSVP and Additional Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/756776387667544/
Wed, Mar 26 @ 9:30PM: Webinar: Reportback on Mining and Elections in El Salvador
RSVP and Additional Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/743019435729617/
Thurs, Mar 27 @ 7:30PM: Make Costumes for TPP and TTIP Outreach at the Veggie Pride Parade
Call Adam at (718) 218-4523 or email adam@tradejustice.net for additional details.
Fri, Mar 28 @ 6:30 PM: Discussion: TPP & Food Monopolies
RSVP and Additional Details: http://tradejustice.net/RSVP32814
Sun, Mar 30 @ 10:30AM-5PM: Outreach about TPP & TTIP at the Veggie Pride Parade & Rally
RSVP and Additional Details: http://tradejustice.net/33014
Sun, Mar 30, 7:30PM-9PM : Nat'l TPP Team Conf Call & Webinar
RSVP and Additional Details: http://tradejustice.net/RSVP31614
Audio Recordings from National TPP Briefings

Citizens Trade Campaign March TPP Briefing
http://recordings.freeconferencecalling.com/mp3/1080420/766942/MN3488_03192014120330847_1055180.mp3
March 16th National TPP Team Conference Call & Webinar Featuring George Kohl of the Communication Workers of America
http://tradejustice.net/?page=NatTPPTeamConfCall31614
TPP News

Tech Companies Urge Senator Wyden to Reject Fast Track and Bring Transparency to TPP
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/tech-companies-urge-senator-wyden-reject-fast-track-and-bring-transparency-tpp
U.S. Trade Rep Froman rejects talk of TPP deadline
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001135605
Opinion

Tea Party Leader on "The insanity of "free trade' agreements"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/17/phillips-the-insanity-of-free-trade-agreements/?page=all#pagebreak
Reports on TPP and Corporate Lobbying

Which Industries Have Lobbied the Most on the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/03/13/tpp-lobby/
Media Companies Lobby for Trans-Pacific Partnership
http://www.republicreport.org/2014/tpp-media-companies/
2nd Anniversary of Korea-US FTA: A Dismal Failure

U.S.-Korea Trade Deal Resulted in Growing Trade Deficits and Nearly 60,000 Lost Jobs
http://www.epi.org/blog/korea-trade-deal-resulted-growing-trade/#sthash.qRf7aFE4.dpuf
On 2nd Anniversary of Korea FTA, U.S. Exports Down, Imports Up and Trade Deficit Balloons, Fueling Congressional TPP Skepticism
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2014/03/on-2nd-anniversary-of-korea-fta-us-exports-down-imports-up-and-trade-deficit-balloons-fueling-congre.html
Administration Uses Data Omissions and Distortions to Try to Hide Dismal Korea FTA Realities
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2014/03/administration-uses-data-omissions-and-distortions-to-try-to-hide-dismal-korea-fta-realities.html
Report: Korea FTA Outcomes on the Pact's Second Anniversary (Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch)
http://wetlands-preserve.org/phpUpload/uploads/Public_Citizen_Report_Korea-FTA-outcomes.pdf
Videos

Panel: Women and Trade: Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is a Feminist Issue
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/45069023
Long Island TPP Panel (w/ speakers from LI Labor Federation, LI Progressive Coalition, TradeJustice NY Metro, Global Justice for Animals and the Environment, Doctors Without Borders, Food and Water Watch, and Systemic Disorder)
http://tradejustice.net/?page=Shelterrock

 

Organization: TradeJustice NY Metro

Directions: Various

Contact Info: Adam (adam@tradejustice.net) (718) 218-4523

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