{"id":13,"date":"2013-06-18T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2016-11-28T11:31:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T15:31:54","slug":"2013-maine-fair-trade-campaign-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/2013-maine-fair-trade-campaign-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Petitions, Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>The Maine Fair Trade Campaign&#8217;s next meeting<\/em>:\u00a0 9:00-11:00\u00a0Wed Dec. 21, 2016.<br \/>\nPlace: Viles Arboretum,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Viles+Arboretum\/@44.299698,-69.765564,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xbf897a65922c807d\">153 Hospital<\/a> St, Augusta ME.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/SelmaSignatures_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/SelmaSignatures_web.jpg\" alt=\"SelmaSternliebCollectsNoTPPsignatures\" width=\"299\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/SelmaSignatures_web.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/SelmaSignatures_web-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/SelmaSignatures_web-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h6>THANK YOU FOR HELPING DEFEAT THE TPP!!!<br \/>\nOur TPP petitions\u00a0are now archived:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\">You can download our <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/Petition_TPP_2016.pdf\">No TPP petition<\/a> , <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/InstructionsForSignatureGatherers-DownloadedPetition-2.pdf\">collect signatures<\/a>, mail them back. You can also\u00a0sign\u00a0:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>our <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/NoTPPforME16\">No TPP 4 ME !<\/a>\u00a0petition on line.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"> other signatures &amp; petitions:\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=18522\"> National Citizen Trade Campaign NoTPP <\/a>Petition,and the NoTPP <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"http:\/\/petitions.moveon.org\/sign\/no-tpp-for-maine-its\">for Maine<\/a> (to members of Congress)<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>and\u00a0 also the: \u00a0<a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"http:\/\/petitions.moveon.org\/sign\/fight-climate-changestop?source=mo&amp;id=\">Fight Climate Change- Stop the TPP\u00a0<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Petition(Naomi Klein)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6>Archived petitions: spring\u00a02015<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=16349\">\u00a0FAST TRACK petition<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; or the \u00a0Maine specific TPP 2013 \u00a0petition <a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=13851\">click here<\/a>\u00a0.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/tppcalls\">Click here to sign up for monthly briefing calls about the TPP<\/a><span style=\"color: #008000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>At MFTC&#8217;s\u00a0annual\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/Annual-Mtg-Flier-MFTC-2015.pdf\"><em>\u00a02015 meeting (flier)<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0in\u00a0\u00a0March Michaud \u00a0was Keynote Speaker\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zFm3ZBK7HX8\"><em>(video)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><em>Commissioner Treat also <\/em><em>spoke about trade deal impacts on Maine<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Maine Fair Trade&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=16349\"> 2014-2015 FAST TRACK petition<\/a>: The expired Fast Track \u00a0mechanism must not be resuscitated &#8211; any \u201cSmart Track\u201d TPA- trade authority legislation must not become Fast Track in disguise. Please sign on!(or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/MFTC2014FastTrackPetition.pdf\"> download a short version<\/a>\u00a0and collect signatures)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">-For March TPP events across the country check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exposethetpp.org\/Attend-an-Event.html\">ExposeTheTPP.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n-January 8, 2015 Rally for Unity, Shenna Bellows <a href=\"\/\/youtu.be\/sb8B-T28Pgw\">talks FAST TRACK<\/a> &amp; our petition<br \/>\n-June 26, 2014 CTPC Public Hearing link for access:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LL9R1fKgQ14\"> Part One<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z0A0eqrzo1s\">Part Two<\/a><br \/>\n-URGENT:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=14754\">Please ask your legislator:&#8221;say no&#8221; to FastTrack<\/a>\u00a0-bill \u00a0submitted Jan 9, 2014!(The Camp-Baucus Fast Track Bill Number:HR.3830 and S.1900)-USTR proposes Public Interest Trade Advisory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpath.org\/sitebuildercontent\/sitebuilderfiles\/CPATH_PITAC.pdf\">Committe<\/a>e)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/Blurb-Collins-MFTC-Nov-2013-meeting-300.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-73\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/Blurb-Collins-MFTC-Nov-2013-meeting-300.jpeg\" alt=\"Blurb Collins MFTC Nov 2013 meeting 300\" width=\"1500\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/Blurb-Collins-MFTC-Nov-2013-meeting-300.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/Blurb-Collins-MFTC-Nov-2013-meeting-300-300x156.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/Blurb-Collins-MFTC-Nov-2013-meeting-300-1024x534.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/TPPv1-Petition-Maine-DSC05472-copy-e1372720369725.jpg\" alt=\"Please sign our collaborative Trans-Pacific_Partnership Petition: http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=13851\" width=\"500\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=13851\">Our\u00a0petition<\/a> &amp; message to\u00a0Senators Collins and King: Vote for Fair Trade!<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Dear Senators Collins and Senator King,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We are opposed to giving President Obama Fast Track Authority that would undermine the ability of Congress to have a voice in trade agreements. We urge you to vote against Fast Track and to make the TPP negotiating process transparent and accountable to the people<span style=\"color: #999999\">.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #999999\">\u00a0<em>(Poster art by<span style=\"color: #1ca3e3\">:<a href=\"http:\/\/umvaonline.org\/umvagrants.html\">ARRT<\/a>) Animated ARRT<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maine&#8217;s June 2013 Fast Track resolution:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/files\/Fast-Track-Resolution-Maine-Legislature-2013.pdf\">Fast Track Resolution Maine Legislature 2013<\/a><br \/>\nFind out more about the CTPC:\u00a0<a title=\"Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission\" href=\"http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/legis\/opla\/citpolassessments.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/legis\/opla\/citpolassessments.htm<\/a><br \/>\nRep.Treat&#8217;s CTPC TPP summary:\u00a0<a title=\"Representative Treat's summary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z-TabSHZjas\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z-TabSHZjas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maine Fair Trade Campaign&#8217;s next meeting:\u00a0 9:00-11:00\u00a0Wed Dec. 21, 2016. Place: Viles Arboretum,\u00a0153 Hospital St, Augusta ME. THANK YOU FOR HELPING DEFEAT THE TPP!!! 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