{"id":5987,"date":"2020-05-20T19:31:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T23:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/?p=5987"},"modified":"2020-12-08T16:10:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:10:54","slug":"covid-19-trade-and-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2020\/05\/20\/covid-19-trade-and-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19, Trade and Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free trade agreements that prioritize private profits over healthy communities have made the world far less resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019s dual public health and economic crises.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, corporate lobby groups are doubling-down on calls for new trade deals that could harm us even further.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens Trade Campaign and other partners launched an initial series of online town halls to explore ways to rework international trade rules in order to build a stronger, more resilient global economy.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Northwest Virtual Town Hall on COVID-19, Trade and Resilience<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>HELD: Tuesday, May 26 \u2022 5:00PM Pacific<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wCPjxUpgyK8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Presenters included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Julia Robinson\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0<strong>People&#8217;s Health Movement<\/strong>\u00a0on how bad trade policies have outsourced America\u2019s medical equipment &amp; PPE manufacturing capacity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jackie Boschok<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>Washington State Alliance for Retired Americans\u00a0<\/strong>on how trade-related medicine monopolies raise healthcare costs and stifle medical innovation<\/li>\n<li><strong>April Sims<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>Washington State Labor Council\u00a0<\/strong>on how resiliency during crises is adversely affected by the global race to the bottom in wages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sameer Ranade<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>Front and Centered\u00a0<\/strong>on how the COVID-19 pandemic provides a window into both the climate crisis and climate solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Northeast Virtual Town Hall on COVID-19, Trade and Resilience<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>HELD: Wednesday, May 27 \u2022 4:30pm Eastern<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bQ4uSziBD3Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Presenters included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dana Gill\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0<strong>Doctors Without Borders\u00a0<\/strong>on how trade-related medicine monopolies raise healthcare costs and stifle medical innovation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bryn Gay\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0<strong>Treatment Action Group\u00a0<\/strong>on myths about drug development and pharmaceutical ingredient supply chain consolidation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arthur Stamoulis\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0<strong>Citizens Trade Campaign\u00a0<\/strong>on how bad trade policies have outsourced America\u2019s medical equipment &amp; PPE manufacturing capacity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elaine Bernard\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0<strong>Harvard\u2019s Labor and Worklife Program<\/strong>\u00a0on ways the COVID-19 pandemic provides a window into the climate crisis and climate solutions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharon Treat<\/strong>\u00a0of the\u00a0<strong>Institute on Agriculture and Trade Policy\u00a0<\/strong>on preventing a corporate-driven \u201cshock doctrine\u201d moment in upcoming trade deals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>California Virtual Town Hall on COVID-19, Trade and Resilience<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>HELD: Thursday, July 2 \u2022 4:00pm Pacific<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yq_h1Efnh3k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Presenters included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Bacon\u00a0<\/strong>on how bad trade deals have driven down working conditions and human rights standards in ways that have hindered nations&#8217; response to the crisis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catherine Houston\u00a0<\/strong>of the<strong> United Steelworkers, District 12<\/strong> on how trade policies have outsourced America\u2019s medical equipment &amp; PPE manufacturing capacity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hannah Lyon<\/strong> of the <strong>Cancer Families for Affordable Medicine (CancerFAM)\u00a0<\/strong>on ways\u00a0trade agreements have hurt public health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jessica Tovar of the Local Clean Energy Alliance<\/strong>\u00a0on ways the COVID-19 pandemic provides a window into the climate crisis and climate solutions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Will Wiltschko<\/strong> of the\u00a0<b>California Trade Justice Coalition\u00a0<\/b>as moderator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free trade agreements that prioritize private profits over healthy communities have made the world far less resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019s dual public health and economic crises. 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