{"id":4766,"date":"2012-01-25T16:13:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T21:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/?p=4766"},"modified":"2013-03-03T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T02:59:08","slug":"exposing-the-trans-pacific-fta-in-southern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2012\/01\/25\/exposing-the-trans-pacific-fta-in-southern-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposing the Trans-Pacific FTA in Southern California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TPPUCSD08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4784\" title=\"Out of the Shadows\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TPPUCSD08-223x300.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TPPUCSD08-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/TPPUCSD08.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>Trade negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim met in posh Beverly Hills and La Jolla, California in late January and early February in an attempt to hammer out the details on the largest Free Trade Agreement that the U.S. has ever seen. \u00a0Corporate lobbyists are pushing hard for a business-as-usual pact that many worry could become a massive new &#8220;NAFTA of the Pacific.&#8221; \u00a0Meanwhile, CTC and its partners have working to drag the negotiations into the light of public day.<\/p>\n<p>Behind closed doors, trade ministers and corporate lobbyists (approximately 600 of whom have official advisor status) are pressing for a NAFTA-style deal that would, among other things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage offshoring of U.S. jobs and drive down wages<\/li>\n<li>Prevent effective regulation of Wall Street banks, insurance companies and hedge funds<\/li>\n<li>Provide new tools for attacking environmental and consumer protections<\/li>\n<li>Give big-pharma the power to stop generic AIDS drugs and other medications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Citizens Trade Campaign, the California Fair Trade Coalition, AFL-CIO, Public Citizen, Health GAP, Friends of the Earth, Moana Nui and local members of the labor, environmental, public health, Latino and Asian-Pacific Islander communities held the following educational events and rallies in response.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>PANEL DISCUSSION: The Trans-Pacific FTA: &#8220;NAFTA of the Pacific?&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Monday, January 30 * 6:00pm<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">USC University Club<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">645 West Exposition Blvd * Los Angeles, CA<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>COMMUNITY RALLY: FAIR DEAL OR NO DEAL!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Wednesday, February 1 * 12:00 noon<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Sofitel Luxury Suites (across from the Beverly Center)<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">8555 Beverly Blvd * Beverly Hills, CA<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>COMMUNITY RALLY: SAY NO TO A FREE TRADE RING OF FIRE!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Friday, February 3 * 12:00 noon<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">University of California San Diego<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">La Jolla, CA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2012\/02\/02\/photos-from-trans-pacific-fta-actions-in-southern-california\/\">Photos from the actions are available here<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-policies\/tpp-potential-trade-policy-problems\/\">Learn more about the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement<\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trade negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim met in posh Beverly Hills and La Jolla, California in late January and early February in an attempt to hammer out the details [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74,66],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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