California Fair Trade Coalition

The Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations passed through California in June 2010, and the CFTC was there to "welcome" trade ministers from around the Pacific Rim, call for trade reform!

During the week of June 14th, trade ministers from around the world converged on San Francisco to negotiatiate a trade partnership with Australia, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, initiated by the Bush Administration, are the first trade negotiations joined by the Obama administration. Therefor, the TPP is a critical venue for the administration to create and implement a new U.S. trade agreement model to replace the failed Bush-NAFTA model. The CFTC took to the streets to remind President Obama of his promises of trade reform, and amplify the voices of civil society who are seeking a New Deal or No Deal on trade.

Check our events and press pages to see what happened!

For more information on the TPP, check out the Citizens Trade Campaign and Public Citizen Global Trade Watch.




The CFTC would like to thank Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) for becmoing the 138th Cosponsor of the TRADE Act! There are now 141 co-sponsors!

Is your Representative a cosponsor, yet? (Check here.)


Congressmen Garamendi and Miller Joins CFTC to announce their cosponsorship of the TRADE Act!

 

For more information on the TRADE Act, please click here.

The CFTC brings together a diverse array of organizations and individuals including labor, environmental, farm, fair trade business, and human rights groups to educate California citizens, lawmakers, and the media about the devastating consequences of current U.S. trade policies, while promoting viable alternatives for creating new rules for globalization.