{"id":6255,"date":"2025-04-11T22:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T02:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:51:22","slug":"hearing-on-trade-and-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2025\/04\/11\/hearing-on-trade-and-inequality\/","title":{"rendered":"Refusing to Be Silenced: Independent Hearing on Trade and Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate-driven trade agreements impact virtually everyone \u2014 but the harms caused aren\u2019t felt equally.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-administration-cancels-study-impact-trade-under-served-communities-2025-02-05\/\">the Trump administration cancelled scheduled government hearings on the impacts of current trade policies on women, people of color, senior citizens, people with disabilities and others communities<\/a><\/strong>, the Washington Fair Trade Coalition moved forward with an independent hearing on trade and inequality anyway \u2014 providing a platform for people to share their experiences.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SLhJ0WmerBc?si=_2k2OTdnwg-cJtAB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/img1.wsimg.com\/blobby\/go\/588148ea-5b0e-4b5f-8a14-09eeb86513d3\/A%20People's%20Report%20on%20Trade%20and%20Inequality.pdf\"><strong>Core findings<\/strong><\/a> from their hearing include that existing, corporate-driven trade policies have led to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Widespread job loss and offshoring in industrial and other sectors<\/li>\n<li>Wage stagnation and union suppression<\/li>\n<li>Increased economic displacement and forced migration<\/li>\n<li>Environmental degradation tied to trade infrastructure and deregulation<\/li>\n<li>The expansion of Big Tech monopolies and erosion of digital rights through trade rules that undermine privacy, AI accountability, and the right to repair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Disproportionate harm to communities of color, immigrants, and women and queer\u00a0workers includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fewer safety nets: Women, queer, immigrant, and BIPOC workers often lack generational wealth or savings to recover from trade-related job loss.<\/li>\n<li>Wage suppression: Trade-driven wage decline hits lowest-paid workers hardest\u2014especially women of color, queer, and undocumented workers.<\/li>\n<li>Scapegoating: Migrants and communities of color are blamed for economic harm caused by trade deals, fueling racism and xenophobia.<\/li>\n<li>Environmental racism: Trade policies concentrate pollution and resource extraction in communities of color, worsening health and displacement.<\/li>\n<li>Gendered austerity impacts: Cuts to public services hit women and queer people hardest, especially those in caregiving roles.<\/li>\n<li>Deepened inequities: Trade-related job loss, housing instability, and healthcare cuts compound harm in BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Through education, advocacy and coalition-building the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonfairtrade.org\">Washington Fair Trade Coalition<\/a><\/strong> and other Citizens Trade Campaign affiliates seek to make trade policies more equitable and inclusive.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporate-driven trade agreements impact virtually everyone \u2014 but the harms caused aren\u2019t felt equally. 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