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International Civil Society Movements Succeed in Burying TPP
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 4:36 pm | Public Citizen USA
Washington, DC – Civil society movements across Asia, Latin America, Oceania, and North America – united internationally to fight the corporate agenda of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for more than seven years – finally succeeded in ... More >>
Congressional Concerns about TPP and NZ
Friday, 20 June 2014, 3:30 pm | Public Citizen USA
New Zealand PM’s Visit to U.S. Capital Comes Amid Congressional Concerns about TPP More >>
Obama’s State of the Union Speech Dilemma
Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 3:22 pm | Public Citizen USA
Obama’s State of the Union Speech Dilemma: Calling on Congress to “Fast Track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Further Alienate Congressional Democrats and Fuel Ire among Conservative Republicans More >>
Legislation to Provide Fast Track Trade Authority introduced
Friday, 10 January 2014, 10:38 am | Public Citizen USA
Legislation to Provide Fast Track Trade Authority for President Obama Finally Introduced, But Can It Pass? Considerable House Opposition on Day One, Tight Calendar in Election Year WASHINGTON, D.C. – Legislation introduced today by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) ... More >>
151 House Democrats & GOP Oppose ‘Fast Track' Authority
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 9:09 am | Public Citizen USA
A letter sent today to President Barack Obama opposing Fast Track authority, signed by 151 House Democrats, signals the end of a controversial Nixon-era procedure used to railroad contentious trade pacts through Congress. Obama has asked Congress to ... More >>
Controversial Trade Pact Text Leaked
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 10:52 am | Public Citizen USA
After Two Years of Closed-Door Negotiations, Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Replicates Alarming Bush Trade Pact Terms That Obama Opposed as Candidate, and Worse More >>
Trans-Pacific Trade Talks in Malaysia Underscore Secrecy
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 12:09 pm | Public Citizen USA
Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch The Obama administration’s Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks in Malaysia this week underscore the point that critics of this potential trade deal have been making ... More >>
Kick-off Global movement to bust Abbott's monopoly on AID
Friday, 11 November 2011, 4:55 pm | Public Citizen USA
Today Abbott Laboratories became the target of a multi-country protest because of its monopoly of the most important HIV/AIDs drug ever made, Kaletra, is not available to the people who need it most. This unique medicine not only prevents HIV/AIDs but ... More >>
Bush Administration Poised To Trade Away Iowa Laws
Tuesday, 1 April 2003, 5:14 pm | Public Citizen USA
Bush Administration Plans March 31 Response to EU Demands to Open U.S. Water and Energy Systems, Postal Services and More to Foreign Ownership and Limit State Regulations More >>
Bush Helped Promote Enron's Business Interests
Saturday, 16 February 2002, 8:51 pm | Public Citizen USA
AUSTIN, Texas - Documents obtained by Public Citizen on Friday suggest that as governor of Texas, President Bush helped promote Enron Corp.'s forei gn and domestic business agenda on behalf of company CEO Kenneth Lay. More >>
What GATS means for you
Friday, 23 February 2001, 2:04 pm | Public Citizen USA
Although the Battle of Seattle was successful in preventing a new comprehensive round of global trade talks from going ahead, this did not mean there would not be trade negotiations at the WTO. On the contrary, a whole new set of WTO talks on global ... More >>
