US Trade Representative Ron Kirk
News
Kirk: Korea-US FTA Renegotiations Will Only Focus on Beef and Auto
Airang, August 8, 2010
Trade Pacts Hurting Maine, Manufacturers Tell Top U.S. Trade Rep
Maine Public Broadcasting Network, August 6, 2010
Idea of the Day: Enforce Labor Standards in Trade Agreements
Center for American Progress, August 4, 2010
USTR Kirk confident of trade pact progress this year
Reuters, August 3, 2010
Kirk says U.S. will work with Congress on Pacific trade pact
Bloomberg, November 14, 2009
U.S. Trade Rep: No Timeline for Votes on FTAs
Global Atlanta, October 9, 2009
Kirk Defends Policy to Purge Advocates from ITACs
Congress Daily, October 6, 2009
Carl Leubsdorf: Ron Kirk, the White House enforcer of fair trade
Dallas Morning News, September 30, 2009
Kirk works to assuage House concerns
Congress Daily, September 24, 2009
USTR Downplays Obama Trade Speech: G20 Unlikely to Focus on Trade
Inside US Trade, September 11, 2009
China tire row need not spark trade war: US official
Agence France Presse, August 17, 2009
Kirk to Talk Trade with African Leaders
AFRO, August 2, 2009
US trade envoy to voice ‘tough love’ for Africa
AFP, July 31, 2009
Ambassador Kirk Announces New Initiatives for Trade Enforcement
Office of the United States Trade Representative, July 16, 2009
US to get tough on trade, labor infractions: Kirk
Reuters, July 16, 2009
Obama ‘Going to Bat’ for Unions in Trade Accords
Bloomberg, July 16, 2009
Ron Kirk Talks About U.S. Trade Policy
Businessweek, July 16, 2009
Lawmakers Meet With Kirk to Press for New Trade Policies
Roll Call, July 8k 2009
US trade chief tries to allay lawmakers’ worries
Reuters, July 8 2009
Representative Xavier Becerra — Trade Votes
Voted NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
Voted NO on implementing the Oman Free Trade Agreement (Jul 2006)
Voted YES on assisting workers who lose jobs to globalization. (Oct 2007)
Voted NO on ‘Fast Track’ authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998)
Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)
Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)
Voted NO on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. (May 2000)
Voted NO on Disaproving MFN for China. (Nov 1999)
Voted YES on NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. (Nov 1993)
Other related votes
Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)
Voted YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
Voted NO on replacing export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
Voted YES on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)
Immigration
Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
Voted NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)
Voted YES on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
Additional Background
Elected Vice Chair of Democratic Caucus on November 18, 2008
Ninth ranking member on House Committee on Ways and Means
Only member from Southern California on House Ways and Means
Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Oct 2001)
Member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. (Jan 2001)
Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001)
First elected to the House of Representatives in 1992
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![As trade ministers from fourteen countries meet in Los Angeles today for behind-closed-door negotiations on the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) trade agreement, labor and other civil society organizations rallied […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/NoRiggedTradeDealsForBigTech2-IPEFLA-090822-36x36.jpg "Calls for Transparency Outside Indo-Pacific Trade Talks"){kind=small}
![For Immediate Release July 15, 2021 “Die In” Protest Outside Merkel-Biden White House Summit Urges Germany to Stop Blocking Global COVID Vaccines Nationwide Protests During Merkel’s Visit to the United […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210715_Merkel_Die_In_0340-36x36.jpg "“Die In” Protest Outside Merkel-Biden White House Summit Urges Germany to Stop Blocking Global COVID Vaccines"){kind=small}
![UPDATE: A twitter thread with photos and video from many of the protests is online here. Civil society groups across the United States are planning demonstrations against vaccine apartheid at […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GermanyTRIPS3_SanFrancisco_060721-36x36.jpg "Demonstrations Against Vaccine Apartheid Planned During German Chancellor Merkel’s Visit to US"){kind=small}
![Vigils for Global Access to COVID Vaccines & Treatments Part of the Worldwide Call for a Fast & Comprehensive TRIPS Waiver Agreement to Help End the Pandemic . Please join […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ScottPetersTRIPS02_042321-36x36.jpg "Vigils for Global Access to COVID Vaccines and Treatments"){kind=small}
![By a 7-to-1 margin, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution calling on President Biden to end U.S. opposition to the international campaign for an Intellectual Property Rights waiver at […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SeattleTRIPSHillaryHaden-36x36.jpg "Seattle City Council Supports TRIPS Waiver"){kind=small}
![Public health advocates, frontline unions and others held a rally outside the office of U.S. Representative Scott Peters urging him to stop attempting to block low- and middle-income nations’ ability […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ScottPetersTRIPS5-copy-36x36.jpg "Rep. Scott Peters Urged to Stop Supporting Vaccine Apartheid"){kind=small}
![The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have passed a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Despite some improvements, the revised NAFTA deal is a far […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ElizabethSwager_Web-36x36.jpg "NAFTA Deal Is Unacceptable Template for the Future"){kind=small}
![Human rights advocates have held vigils outside the U.S. Capitol Building and Mexican consulates from coast-to-coast calling for an investigation into the disappearance of a Mexican labor activist and for […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MediaLunaVigil_Portland11319_Photo1-1-36x36.jpg "Vigils for Disappeared Labor Organizer"){kind=small}
![Cancer survivors and others rallied outside the Binghamton, N.Y. office of Congressman Anthony Brindisi recently urging him to oppose new language in President Trump’s proposed trade pact with Canada and […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BrinidisNAFTA_YoungFamily-36x36.jpg "Cancer Survivors Protest Big Pharma Giveaways in NAFTA 2.0"){kind=small}
![During his own public forum on the high costs of prescription drugs, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) heard from constituents angry that the Trump administration’s proposal for a revised North American […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/BlumenauerTownHall_Volunteers-36x36.jpg "Congressman Urged to Defend Access to Medicines"){kind=small}
![The Trump administration’s proposed text for a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) fails to include the critical changes necessary to protect jobs, raise wages, defend […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Picket_Start-36x36.jpg "Trump’s NAFTA Proposal Doesn’t Cut It"){kind=small}
![More than 300 state legislators from across the United States have written to trade negotiators demanding the removal of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) from the North American Free Trade Agreement […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD7_investorstate_small-36x36.jpg "State Legislators in All 50 States Want End to ISDS"){kind=small}
![An incredibly strong and diverse cross-sector collection of more than a thousand labor, environmental, family farm, consumer, civil rights, faith, small business, public health and community groups has sent a […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ReplaceNAFTA_TrumpTower-36x36.jpg "1,000+ Civil Society Groups Outline Shared NAFTA Renegotiation Demands"){kind=small}
![After seeing only pro-NAFTA CEOs and corporate lobbyists invited by Senator John Cornyn to testify at a hearing on the North American Free Trade Agreement in San Antonio, the Texas […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-21-at-10.57.40-AM-36x36.png "Worker Advocates Demand Voice at NAFTA Hearing"){kind=small}
![Renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) formally begins this August. The time to shape U.S. goals for the a NAFTA replacement is running short. . After seeing […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ElPasoNAFTATownHallC_031417-36x36.jpg "NAFTA Field Hearings & Town Halls"){kind=small}
![Over 50,000 Americans submitted public comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) prior to the original June 12th deadline calling for the renegotiation of the North American Free […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/SacramentoNAFTATownHallB_022317-36x36.jpg "50,000 Americans Speak Out on NAFTA Renegotiation"){kind=small}
![For nearly a quarter century, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and similar trade agreements have prioritized corporate profits over working families, public health and the environment. Now, as […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ElPasoNAFTATownHallE_031417-36x36.jpg "Town Halls Against NAFTA Held from Coast to Coast"){kind=small}
![Anticipating an announcement from the President-elect of the United States Donald Trump to either renegotiate or withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) — as well as reactions […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BrianaCarp-1-36x36.jpg "Groups from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. Demand NAFTA Replacement"){kind=small}
![Citizens Trade Campaign sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump prior to his inauguration outlining ten key areas of change needed in the promised renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NoMoreNAFTAs1-36x36.jpg "Labor & Nonprofit Groups Outline Priority NAFTA Changes"){kind=small}
![Thank you. Your hard work — coupled with that of millions of other grassroots activists across the United States and the world — is what pulled the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Picket_FairDealorNoDeal-36x36.jpg "You’ve Stopped the TPP — Now What?"){kind=small}
![Thanks to year of hard work by countless activists around the globe, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is extremely unlikely to move forward during this session of Congress. While we’ll remain vigilant […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/TPPdallas_chant_small-36x36.jpg "Global Peoples’ Movements Stop the TPP"){kind=small}
![Momentum against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) increased in late October 2015, as Congressman Denny Heck announced he would vote against the corporate trade pact, calling it one of the most […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/HeckPostcards-36x36.jpg "Another Key Congress Member Opposes the TPP"){kind=small}
![On Thursday, October 6, 2016, over 100 El Pasoans packed a town hall event hosted by Congressman Beto O’Rourke, urging him to oppose the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The town […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ORourkeTownHall2-1-36x36.jpg "Texans urge Congressman to Oppose the TPP"){kind=small}
![North Bay labor and environmental leaders praised Rep. Mike Thompson for announcing his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in a letter to constituents, solidifying the near-consensus within the Democratic […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Thompson_081816-36x36.jpg "More Congressional Leaders Lining Up Against the TPP"){kind=small}
![The Rock Against the TPP shows in Seattle and Portland this summer, organized locally by the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and Oregon Fair Trade Campaign in partnership with Fight for […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/SeattleRockAgainstTheTPP-1-36x36.png "Rock Against the TPP Rocks the Northwest"){kind=small}
![Fair trade advocates have released a new report which finds the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement threatens the Texas-Mexico border economy. . According to the report, the TPP would […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TPPxBorderfb15-36x36.jpg "TPP a Bad Deal for Texas and Mexico"){kind=small}
![Hundreds of people gathered at the Festival for Trade Justice to rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at Wright Park in Tacoma in late June 2016. At the gathering, leaders […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tacoma4-36x36.png "Festival for Trade Justice in Tacoma"){kind=small}
![Displaced workers, labor and community advocates held press conferences up and down the West Coast in June 2016 to discuss the release of a new government study that finds jobs […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SantaRosa3-36x36.jpg "Don’t Let the TPP Put More People in the Unemployment Line"){kind=small}
![Human Rights Advocates Protest Nike-Backed Deal with a Dictator Who Imposed Death By Stoning for LGBT Individuals & Women Portland, Ore. — Human rights advocates gathered outside the World Affairs […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-23-at-9.30.25-AM-36x36.png "The TPP Is a Deal with a Dictator"){kind=small}
![Scores of protestors descended on Tollefson Plaza for a Star Wars-themed protest to influence elected representatives’ positions on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The Washington Fair Trade Coalition, Backbone Campaign, […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/StarWars1-36x36.png "Rebel Alliance Gathers in Tacoma for Star Wars Themed TPP Protest"){kind=small}
![Protesters Decry Race-to-the-Bottom Trade Proposal Outside President Obama’s US-ASEAN Economic Summit Saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would lead to a global race-to-the-bottom in wages, working conditions and environmental standards if […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ASEAN1-36x36.jpg "California and the World United Against the TPP"){kind=small}
![More than 2,000 people across the United States joined Citizens Trade Campaign in submitting comments to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) about the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP’s) likely economic impacts. The ITC will use […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/LetterWritingDWS-36x36.png "Thousands Send TPP Comments to the International Trade Commission"){kind=small}
![A united cross-sector movement of labor, environmental, family farm, consumer, faith and other organizations have escalated their campaign to defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with a joint 1,525-group letter urging […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Picture-91-36x36.png "1,500 Groups Urge Congress to Oppose the TPP"){kind=small}
![The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed new trade and investment pact that was negotiated behind-closed doors between the United States and eleven other Pacific Rim countries, including notorious human rights violators […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Screen-Shot-2015-09-24-at-10.23.29-AM-36x36.png "How the TPP Harms Jobs & the Environment"){kind=small}
![A block away from a major trade negotiating summit taking place in downtown Miami, elected officials and community leaders held a press event on October 21, 2015 to demand greater […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/TTIPMiami1-36x36.jpg "Community Leaders Slam Secrecy at Miami Trade Summit"){kind=small}
![In a remarkable protest outside the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial in Maui on July 29, 2015, at least four hundred people took part in a unified sounding of the pū […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MauiTPP-36x36.jpg "Record Breaking TPP Protest in Maui"){kind=small}
![The Obama administration has upgraded Malaysia’s status in the State Department’s “Trafficking in Persons” report in order to ease the country’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), according to human rights groups and others. “[Malaysia’s] […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD7_plunder_small-36x36.jpg "Ignoring Modern Day Slavery to Advance the TPP"){kind=small}
![Proponents of a corporate-driven Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) like to pretend that those who oppose race-to-the-bottom trade policies are somehow “anti-trade.” It’s an asinine accusation. The thousands of organizations and millions of […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SanFranTPPRound_0610-36x36.png "What the TPP Should Look Like"){kind=small}
![Highlighting just how deeply engrained opposition is to Fast Track legislation, Seattle City Council passed a resolution opposing Fast Track for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other pending trade […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SeattleResolution-36x36.png "Seattle City Council Unanimously Opposes Fast Track"){kind=small}
![When U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew visited Miami in March 2015 trying to build support for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Citizens Trade Campaign and its partners were there warning that the deal poses serious […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Miami1-36x36.jpg "Florida Isn’t Buying Citigroup Exec’s TPP Promises"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim met at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in March 2015 with a goal of pushing the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to completion, […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TPP-secret-deal-36x36.jpg "Hawaii Islanders Protest Outside Secretive TPP Trade Summit"){kind=small}
![Fair trade activists set off on a two-day “Fair Trade or BusTour” across the Pacific Northwest in February 2015 to raise awareness of the risks of fast-tracking the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TacomaActivists-36x36.png "Fair Trade or BusTour"){kind=small}
![Leaked texts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement continue to reveal a bonanza of special rights for big corporations. Most recently, on August 4, 2015, Knowledge Ecology International […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TPPLA11-36x36.jpg "Leaked TPP Texts Reveal a Bonanza of Special Rights for Corporations"){kind=small}
![Nearly 600 organizations, together representing millions of Americans, have sent a joint letter to Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressing their steadfast opposition to Fast Track and outlining the minimum requirements […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DontFastTrackJobsOverseas-36x36.jpg "Smart Track Can’t Be Fast Track in Disguise"){kind=small}
![Fair trade advocates delivered over 10,000 petition signatures adhered to old-fashioned 5.25″ floppy disks to Senator Ron Wyden’s offices throughout Oregon this March. The petition, spearheaded by the Oregon Fair […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/FastTrackIsAFlop-36x36.jpg "Fast Track’s as Outdated as a Floppy Disk"){kind=small}
![Fast Track legislation that would allow the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other trade proposals to be rushed through Congress has been met by a tidal wave of resistance. The so-called […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Picture-92-36x36.png "Fast Track Down, But Not Out"){kind=small}
![As negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim gathered in Salt Lake City for a five-day summit aimed at moving the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement to conclusion, Utahns were […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Picture-47-36x36.png "Salt Lake TPP Round the Most Secretive Yet"){kind=small}
![Fair trade advocates are praising the release of a new letter voicing Congressional opposition to Fast Track, a policy-making process that allows trade pacts to circumvent ordinary Congressional review, amendment […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FastTrackDC-36x36.jpg "Congress Voices Bipartisan Opposition to Fast Track"){kind=small}
![As closed-door negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) opened just across town, consumer, environmental, family farm and labor advocates gathered at the Washington, DC offices of the Sierra Club […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/taftapartay-36x36.jpg "Civil Society Raises TAFTA Concerns"){kind=small}
![YOU’RE INVITED: Citizens Trade Campaign hosts monthly briefing calls by national and international advocates and campaigners for activists throughout the country to arm themselves with the latest information on the […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD_FoodSovereignty_small-36x36.jpg "ACTIVISTS START HERE: The TPP & Fast Track Organizer’s Toolkit"){kind=small}
![Troubled by continued secrecy in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement , over 400 civil society organizations representing more than 15 million Americans have written to Congress urging that Fast […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/RIPFastTrack-36x36.jpg "Hundreds of U.S. Organizations Urge Congress to Replace Fast Track"){kind=small}
![Hundreds of activists from throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond gathered for a Cross-Border Rally and Organizing Summit to Defeat the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) held at Peace Arch Park on […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/TPPxBorderfb02-36x36.jpg "Cross-Border Organizing Against the TPP"){kind=small}
![As the 14th major round of closed-door negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership took place in northern Virginia, Citizens Trade Campaign and our labor, environmental, consumer, public health, family farm and other social […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AllisonChin_small-36x36.jpg "Leesburg: No Back Room Deals for the 1%"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators and corporate lobbyists met at a swank San Diego hotel this July in an attempt to push the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) toward conclusion, labor, environmental and community organizations […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TPPSD7_ben1_small-36x36.jpg "San Diego and the Nation Greet TPP Negotiators"){kind=small}
![Leaked Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement Texts Reveal U.S. Pushing Extreme Pharmaceutical Corporation Demands that Would Undermine Consumers’ Access to Affordable Medicine Obama Administration Positions Roll Back Initial 2007 Reforms Made […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_6739-36x36.jpg "Leaked Trans-Pacific FTA Texts Reveal U.S. Undermining Access to Medicine"){kind=small}
![As trade negotiators from around the Pacific Rim gathered in Chicago and southern California to hammer out the details of a massive new trade deal, CTC and our allies were […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VictorTPP-36x36.jpg "Help Prevent a NAFTA of the Pacific"){kind=small}
![The Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition held a demonstration outside Congressman Jason Altmire’s office yesterday, calling on him to oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Read the results of their action […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/PA_Photo-36x36.jpg "Pennsylvania Protest a Success"){kind=small}
![Over 150 labor activists filed into Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s office today urging him to “Make the Link” between Free Trade Agreements, job loss and state budget shortfalls. After a […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Link_Jackie-36x36.jpg "Portland Congressman Urged to “Make the Link”"){kind=small}
![Washington state labor, social justice, faith, students and community members held a rally in Seattle today calling on Congressman Jim McDermott and the rest of the state’s Congressional delegation to […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/FTACarSkit-36x36.png "Seattle to Congress: We Don’t Buy It!"){kind=small}
![Check out this excellent piece from today’s StarTribune by the Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition‘s Jessica Lettween: Free trade agreements jolt the economy, but not in a good way Proponents of […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/MinnesotaFTC-36x36.jpg "Minnesota OpEd Slams FTAs"){kind=small}
![Members of North Texas Jobs with Justice, Communications Workers of America Local 6215 and the Sierra Club held a vigil outside the Dallas A Maceo Federal Building this afternoon to […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/hallnancydowntown-36x36.jpg "Dallas Speaks Out Against Job-Killing FTAs"){kind=small}
![Last week, the California Democratic Party endorsed a resolution opposing the FTAs with Korea and Colombia. It was one of just 11 (out of about 90) to be brought before […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cdplogo-36x36.jpg "California Dems Oppose Pending Trade Deals"){kind=small}
![Members of the Maine Labor Council- United Steelworkers, who represent over 3,000 papermakers across the state, issued an invitation today to President Barack Obama and Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/KeepMaineJobs-36x36.jpg "President Invited to Walk in Millworkers’ Shoes"){kind=small}
![Here are twelve things you need to know about the Korea Free Trade Agreement, the biggest of the FTAs passed by Congress in October 2011… The Korea Free Trade Agreement […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/KimRally-36x36.jpg "The Korea Free Trade Agreement Means More Offshoring"){kind=small}
![On Monday, April 18th, NY CTC Director Brooke Newell addressed a group of over 100 people participating in a nationwide tax day campaign called “Make Them Pay”. The rally, held in […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MakeThemPay2-36x36.jpg "Panama FTA Empowers Tax Dodgers"){kind=small}
![On April 13, Panama’s National Assembly approved a new Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the United States, in an attempt to win approval of the Panama Free Trade Agreement […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/BillMagorian-36x36.jpg "The Panama Free Trade Agreement Is a Gift to Tax Dodgers"){kind=small}
![The Washington Fair Trade Coalition, working closely with State Senator Maralyn Chase and the Washington State Labor Council, has successfully beaten back a measure in the state legislature calling on Congress […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/BeatBack-36x36.jpg "WFTC Beats Back Measure in Support of Korea FTA"){kind=small}
![Displaced high-tech workers and fair trade advocates held a rally outside the main gates of Intel’s Ronler Acres facility in Hillsboro, Oregon to voice their opposition to the Obama administration’s […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MitchBesseratIntel-36x36.jpg "Displaced Tech Workers Oppose Korea Trade Agenda"){kind=small}
![Tim Robertson, Director of the California Fair Trade Coalition, had an op-ed in today’s San Francisco Chronicle pointing out the folly of looking at export projections while ignoring the import […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SanFrancsicoChronicle-36x36.jpg "San Francisco Op-Ed Warns Against Fuzzy Math"){kind=small}
![For Immediate Release Contact: Arthur Stamoulis, media@citizenstrade.org 403 Labor and Civil Society Groups Outline Shared Priorities for Indo-Pacific Trade Deal Organizations Address the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’s (IPEF’s) Labor, Environmental and […]](https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IPEFLetter_Twitter-36x36.jpg "403 Labor and Civil Society Groups Outline Shared Priorities for Indo-Pacific Trade Deal"){kind=small}
