{"id":462,"date":"2016-06-14T14:56:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T21:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/?p=462"},"modified":"2016-06-14T15:01:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T22:01:48","slug":"orftc-fair-trade-monitor-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/2016\/06\/14\/orftc-fair-trade-monitor-may-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"ORFTC Fair Trade Monitor, May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORFTC Fair Trade Monitor <\/em><\/h1>\n

Fair trade update from the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign<\/em>, May 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

In this issue:<\/h3>\n
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  1. The US International Trade Commission report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership<\/li>\n
  2. Labor and Human Rights forums<\/li>\n
  3. Bad Trade Kills Good Jobs tour coming to Portland and Beaverton!<\/li>\n
  4. Upcoming events in June and beyond<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    1. The US ITC report on the TPP<\/h2>\n

    In late May the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) released \u201cthe\u201d big, government study about the projected effects of the TPP \u2014 something that\u2019s already gotten considerable attention from Congress and the media. \u00a0Despite a\u00a0long history<\/a>\u00a0of grossly overestimating the benefits and underestimating the costs of proposed trade agreements, the ITC’s projections show significant costs associated with the TPP and almost non-existent benefits. \u00a0That the ITC is saying this should be a major red flag.<\/p>\n

    Among the ITC\u2019s findings are that:<\/p>\n