{"id":274,"date":"2011-01-11T14:29:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T19:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenstrade.org\/draft\/the-trade-stories-project\/"},"modified":"2014-07-14T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T16:14:10","slug":"the-trade-stories-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/activist-resources\/the-trade-stories-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trade Stories Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trade Stories Project provides opportunities for people whose livelihoods have been negatively affected by existing trade agreements to actively participate in trade policy debates.\u00a0 In doing so, the project seeks to increase public awareness, participation and accountability surrounding questions of trade policy.\u00a0 This website is one tool through which affected individuals can share their stories and get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Broad policy objectives shared among the Trade Stories Project\u2019s sponsoring organizations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Starting over on pending trade deals that were negotiated by the Bush administration but not yet approved by Congress;<\/li>\n<li>Establishing mandatory new criteria for future trade agreements, and renegotiating or scrapping existing deals that do not meet those standards; and<\/li>\n<li>Increasing transparency, oversight and democratic participation in trade policymaking.<\/li>\n<li>Funding for the Trade Stories Project was provided by the Solidago Foundation, Moriah Foundation and individuals like yourself.\u00a0 Please support our work by making a donation to any of the organizations listed below, earmarked &#8220;Trade Stories Project.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Contact Information<\/h3>\n<p>Media inquiries should be directed to Arthur Stamoulis of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign at (503) 736-9777.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/maine\/\">Maine Fair Trade Campaign<\/a><br \/>\n238 Goddard Rd<br \/>\nLewiston, ME\u00a0 04240<br \/>\n(207) 777-6387<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairtrademinnesota.org\/\">Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition<\/a><br \/>\n2511 Franklin Ave East<br \/>\nMinneapolis, MN\u00a0\u00a055406<br \/>\n(612) 578-8266<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiofairtrade.org\/\">Ohio Conference on Fair Trade<\/a><br \/>\nPO Box 06595<br \/>\nColumbus, OH\u00a0 43206<br \/>\n(614) 280-3631<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonfairtrade.org\/\">Oregon Fair Trade Campaign<\/a><br \/>\n310 SW 4th Ave #436<br \/>\nPortland, OR\u00a0 97204<br \/>\n(503) 736-9777<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonfairtrade.org\/\">Washington Fair Trade Coalition<\/a><br \/>\n606 Maynard Ave S, Ste 252<br \/>\nSeattle, WA\u00a0 98104<br \/>\n(206) 227-3079<\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" \/>\n<h3>NAFTA Hurts Workers on Both Sides of the Border<\/h3>\n<div>Americans are rightly angry over their jobs leaving the country as a result of &#8220;free trade&#8221; policies like NAFTA, CAFTA and the WTO. \u00a0Increasingly, many also understand that these trade agreements are also a bad deal for working people abroad.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradestories.org\/Mexico.html\">Learn how NAFTA has adversely affected working people across Mexico.<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"2\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3>TAKE ACTION:<br \/>\nSupport a New Model for International Trade<\/h3>\n<div>The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment Act\u2014or TRADE Act, for short\u2014presents a new, progressive vision for international trade that will help working people across the globe.\u00a0 Its commonsense provisions include establishing mandatory standards for future trade agreements, a process for renegotiating existing trade deals and increasing public oversight over the trade policymaking process.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/t\/8608\/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26400\">Urge Congress to support the TRADE Act.<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"2\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3>President Obama on Trade<\/h3>\n<div>During his campaign for the White House, President Obama made concrete promises to change the nation\u2019s international trade policy.\u00a0 He supported renegotiating NAFTA and CAFTA, and specifically outlined the types of problems he saw with these and other existing trade policies.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradestories.org\/Promises.html\">Learn about the President\u2019s promises.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trade Stories Project provides opportunities for people whose livelihoods have been negatively affected by existing trade agreements to actively participate in trade policy debates.\u00a0 In doing so, the project [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":53,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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