{"id":258,"date":"2012-08-01T14:48:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T21:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/?p=258"},"modified":"2013-06-20T05:00:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T12:00:42","slug":"new-legislation-would-prevent-another-nafta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/2012\/08\/01\/new-legislation-would-prevent-another-nafta\/","title":{"rendered":"New Legislation Would Prevent Another NAFTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/files\/2012\/08\/DougYarrow_Fists.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-259\" title=\"DougYarrow_Fists\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/files\/2012\/08\/DougYarrow_Fists-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/files\/2012\/08\/DougYarrow_Fists-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/files\/2012\/08\/DougYarrow_Fists.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As trade negotiators rush to complete the massive new <a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=EizABiq0FJGs1Dw9CAMbePDY84141V%2FS\">Trans-Pacific Partnership<\/a>\u00a0(TPP) Free Trade Agreement, we need your help encouraging our elected officials to stand up and declare an end to business-as-usual trade policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=aXYygpwRKXfn8k3v5nZKJfDY84141V%2FS\">email Senators Wyden and Merkley now and urge them to cosponsor critical fair trade legislation called\u00a0<em>The 21st Century Trade and Market Access Act<\/em><\/a>\u00a0to ensure we aren&#8217;t saddled with a new &#8220;NAFTA of the Pacific.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First introduced by Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=rkVsWKiMfJk02EQ2lb9lffDY84141V%2FS\"><em>The 21st Century Trade and Market Access Act<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reasserts Congressional and public oversight over the TPP and future trade policies. \u00a0It sets a range of binding negotiating requirements regarding labor rights, the environment, food safety and other provisions that are needed to ensure that the TPP and other pacts actually improve life for ordinary working people in Oregon and throughout the world.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The bill also establishes commonsense compliance reporting mechanisms and export promotion activities in order to maximize the job creation potential of U.S. trade agreements \u2014 transforming &#8220;job creation&#8221; and &#8220;human rights&#8221; in U.S. trade policy from cynical hype into reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Photo by Doug Yarrow<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As trade negotiators rush to complete the massive new Trans-Pacific Partnership\u00a0(TPP) Free Trade Agreement, we need your help encouraging our elected officials to stand up and declare an end to business-as-usual trade policy. 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