{"id":57,"date":"2011-01-11T14:29:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T19:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenstrade.org\/draft\/trade-and-energy-policy\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T04:35:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T08:35:29","slug":"trade-and-energy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-issues\/trade-public-health-the-environment\/trade-and-energy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade and Energy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Energy<\/strong><br \/>\nThe status quo trade model incentivizes corporations to move production offshore and simultaneously undermines common sense environmental public policies during an international energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the travel of food products from the farms to consumers is 25 percent farther now than it was in the 1980s, before NAFTA and WTO-style trade agreements. The energy it takes to transport products from production site to consumers is increasing as corporations seeking cheap labor and lax regulatory frameworks are incentivized by NAFTA\/WTO-style trade agreements to move production halfway around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, trade rules found in NAFTA -style agreements undermine commonsense domestic energy policymaking by making new policies, specifically ones that prioritize energy independence, subject to challenge by foreign corporations who do not wish to comply.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/trade\/downloads\/2008climatereport.pdf\">Trade and Global Warming: What Are the Connections?<\/a> Sierra Club, April, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy The status quo trade model incentivizes corporations to move production offshore and simultaneously undermines common sense environmental public policies during an international energy crisis. 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