{"id":6087,"date":"2021-06-08T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T22:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2021-06-08T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T22:24:13","slug":"us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"US Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release
\nJune 8, 2021<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
TRADE & POLITICS:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The U.S. Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
.<\/div>\n
Statement on Senate Passage of the “China Bill\u201d by Arthur Stamoulis of Citizens Trade Campaign<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
.<\/div>\n
Washington, D.C. \u2014 Responding to Senate passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (aka, the “China Bill\u201d) earlier this evening, Citizens Trade Campaign released the following statement from Executive Director Arthur Stamoulis:<\/div>\n
.<\/div>\n
\n
\u201cWhatever the strengths and weaknesses of the overall package passed by the Senate, America\u2019s working families need policymakers to create trade enforcement tools that advance labor and environmental rights \u2014 not to establish new powers for \u2018Big Tech\u2019 to undermine gig economy worker protections, civil rights, consumer privacy and product safety measures around the world. \u00a0The Senate got that wrong, but the House now has an opportunity to fix it.<\/div>\n
.<\/div>\n
\u201cIf enacted as written, the Senate package would mark the first major expansion of ‘Special 301’ trade review and enforcement tools in decades. \u00a0Instead of keeping with the Biden administration’s worker-centered trade agenda and expanding enforcement tools to ensure that trading partners live up to internationally-established labor and environmental standards, the Senate bill instead advances the interests of a narrow set of massive corporations within the digital economy.<\/div>\n
.<\/div>\n
\u201cCouched in terms of fighting online censorship in China, these new Big Tech enforcement provisions apply worldwide and require the U.S. government to penalize any country that enacts various gig economy worker protections, civil rights protections, consumer privacy protections, product safety protections and pro-competition policies that could \u2018disrupt digital trade\u2019 or \u2018create barriers to digital trade\u2019 for U.S. tech firms.<\/div>\n
.<\/div>\n
\u201cAmericans are sick of so-called \u2019trade\u2019 policies that privilege corporate interests at the expense of working people, consumers and the environment. \u00a0Prioritizing the interests of Big Tech giants within the rapidly-changing digital economy, while ignoring the needs of working people and the planet, would only worsen this well-deserved distrust. \u00a0The House can help advance a new, people-centered model of international trade by insisting that harmful Big Tech provisions in the ‘China bill’ are replaced with new labor and environmental enforcement tools before any final package becomes law.”<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
.<\/div>\n
Citizens Trade Campaign is a national coalition of labor, environmental, family farm, faith and consumer organizations working together to improve U.S. trade policy.<\/div>\n
.<\/div>\n
###<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release June 8, 2021 TRADE & POLITICS: The U.S. Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d . Statement on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nUS Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d - Citizens Trade Campaign<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d - Citizens Trade Campaign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For Immediate Release June 8, 2021 TRADE & POLITICS: The U.S. Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d . Statement on […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citizens Trade Campaign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T22:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-08T22:24:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Fair-Trade-Now.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1935\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CTC\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/\",\"name\":\"Citizens Trade Campaign\",\"description\":\"Working Together for Social and Environmental Justice in Trade Policy\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Fair-Trade-Now.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Fair-Trade-Now.jpeg\",\"width\":2438,\"height\":1935},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/\",\"name\":\"US Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d - Citizens Trade Campaign\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-08T22:10:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-08T22:24:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#\/schema\/person\/9d3513e21fbf580e742ca365e5b29cea\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#\/schema\/person\/9d3513e21fbf580e742ca365e5b29cea\",\"name\":\"CTC\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccaaf6325245800715c05802f4c0b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccaaf6325245800715c05802f4c0b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CTC\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/author\/ctcfairt\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d - Citizens Trade Campaign","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d - Citizens Trade Campaign","og_description":"For Immediate Release June 8, 2021 TRADE & POLITICS: The U.S. Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d . Statement on […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/","og_site_name":"Citizens Trade Campaign","article_published_time":"2021-06-08T22:10:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-08T22:24:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2438,"height":1935,"url":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Fair-Trade-Now.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CTC","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/","name":"Citizens Trade Campaign","description":"Working Together for Social and Environmental Justice in Trade Policy","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Fair-Trade-Now.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Fair-Trade-Now.jpeg","width":2438,"height":1935},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/","name":"US Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d - Citizens Trade Campaign","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2021-06-08T22:10:49+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-08T22:24:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#\/schema\/person\/9d3513e21fbf580e742ca365e5b29cea"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2021\/06\/08\/us-needs-trade-enforcement-tools-for-labor-the-environment-not-new-powers-for-big-tech\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US Needs Trade Enforcement Tools for Labor & the Environment \u2014 NOT New Powers for \u201cBig Tech\u201d"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#\/schema\/person\/9d3513e21fbf580e742ca365e5b29cea","name":"CTC","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccaaf6325245800715c05802f4c0b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ccaaf6325245800715c05802f4c0b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CTC"},"url":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/author\/ctcfairt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}