Tue May 12, 2015
Technology and Society Committee Luncheon Forum
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at Hangen Szechuan Restaurant
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Xiomara Castro
The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement
Xiomara Castro is an activist with the California Free Trade Coalition, an organization dedicated to ensuring that U.S. trade policy reflects the American values of democracy and justice, and working with local, national, and international organizations and individuals to secure the livelihoods of American workers, promote a sound environment, and protect human rights.
The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement is a massive new trade deal for the Pacific Rim. After eleven major rounds of negotiations, the United States has reportedly introduced proposals for most, if not all, of an estimated 26 separate chapters for this pact — proposals that will likely affect jobs, wages, agriculture, migration, consumer safety, the environment, financial regulations, internet freedom, access to medicine, indigenous rights, public procurement and more throughout the world. Despite the far-reaching nature of the Trans-Pacific FTA, the U.S. Trade Representative has refused to release any of its negotiating proposals for public scrutiny
Xiomara will give an overview of past trade agreements (such as NAFTA), describe (to the extent possible) the highly secret Trans-Pacific FTA and its possible/probable impacts, and explain the controversy behind the push to fast track the negotiations.
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The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement
Xiomara Castro is an activist with the California Free Trade Coalition, an organization dedicated to ensuring that U.S. trade policy reflects the American values of democracy and justice, and working with local, national, and international organizations and individuals to secure the livelihoods of American workers, promote a sound environment, and protect human rights.
The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement is a massive new trade deal for the Pacific Rim. After eleven major rounds of negotiations, the United States has reportedly introduced proposals for most, if not all, of an estimated 26 separate chapters for this pact — proposals that will likely affect jobs, wages, agriculture, migration, consumer safety, the environment, financial regulations, internet freedom, access to medicine, indigenous rights, public procurement and more throughout the world. Despite the far-reaching nature of the Trans-Pacific FTA, the U.S. Trade Representative has refused to release any of its negotiating proposals for public scrutiny
Xiomara will give an overview of past trade agreements (such as NAFTA), describe (to the extent possible) the highly secret Trans-Pacific FTA and its possible/probable impacts, and explain the controversy behind the push to fast track the negotiations.
Xiomara Castro
The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement
Xiomara Castro is an activist with the California Free Trade Coalition, an organization dedicated to ensuring that U.S. trade policy reflects the American values of democracy and justice, and working with local, national, and international organizations and individuals to secure the livelihoods of American workers, promote a sound environment, and protect human rights.
The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement is a massive new trade deal for the Pacific Rim. After eleven major rounds of negotiations, the United States has reportedly introduced proposals for most, if not all, of an estimated 26 separate chapters for this pact — proposals that will likely affect jobs, wages, agriculture, migration, consumer safety, the environment, financial regulations, internet freedom, access to medicine, indigenous rights, public procurement and more throughout the world. Despite the far-reaching nature of the Trans-Pacific FTA, the U.S. Trade Representative has refused to release any of its negotiating proposals for public scrutiny
Xiomara will give an overview of past trade agreements (such as NAFTA), describe (to the extent possible) the highly secret Trans-Pacific FTA and its possible/probable impacts, and explain the controversy behind the push to fast track the negotiations.
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The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement
Xiomara Castro is an activist with the California Free Trade Coalition, an organization dedicated to ensuring that U.S. trade policy reflects the American values of democracy and justice, and working with local, national, and international organizations and individuals to secure the livelihoods of American workers, promote a sound environment, and protect human rights.
The Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement is a massive new trade deal for the Pacific Rim. After eleven major rounds of negotiations, the United States has reportedly introduced proposals for most, if not all, of an estimated 26 separate chapters for this pact — proposals that will likely affect jobs, wages, agriculture, migration, consumer safety, the environment, financial regulations, internet freedom, access to medicine, indigenous rights, public procurement and more throughout the world. Despite the far-reaching nature of the Trans-Pacific FTA, the U.S. Trade Representative has refused to release any of its negotiating proposals for public scrutiny
Xiomara will give an overview of past trade agreements (such as NAFTA), describe (to the extent possible) the highly secret Trans-Pacific FTA and its possible/probable impacts, and explain the controversy behind the push to fast track the negotiations.
show less
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134 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94041
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