A Call for Fair Trade in the World

A very close friend of ours here at The Green Room, Scott, has been interning in Washington, DC this summer for a highly renowned organization called Public Citizen. The organization is currently spreading the word to help put an end to the Bush administration's push for expansion of the NAFTA trade agreement.

Here's some info and how you can help Public Citizen:

Last November, Americans loudly rejected the Bush administrations more-of-the-same NAFTA expansion trade policy. The majority-making Democratic freshman class won by committing to end Bush's trade war on the middle class and force new rules for a fairer global economy.

But, recently a "deal" to add labor and environmental standards to pending NAFTA-CAFTA style Bush trade agreements was negotiated in secret by a handful of Democrats with the Bush administration. The deal would facilitate the passage of at least Bush's NAFTA expansions for Peru and Panama, and maybe more.

These NAFTA expansions can be introduced for a vote at any time, but most of Congress does not want to have to vote on another bad trade deal, so we can stop Bush in his tracks if we flood Congress with calls right now.

If you want to help out you can take action right now:

Sign the petition on NAFTA Expansion and Immigration. Click here:
http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3322

Write a Letter to the Editor about NAFTA Expansion to your local newspaper. For tips, click here:
http://www.citizen.org/trade/media

"Bird-Dog" your member of congress about NAFTA expansion. Find out more by clicking here:
http://action.citizen.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=3307

If you need help finding your member of Congress click here:
http://action.citizen.org/getLocal.jsp

Also if you want further information, refer to the details below.

For more information about Peru and Panama FTAs, click here:
http://www.citizen.org/trade/afta/

For more talking points on the "deal" that some Democrats cut with the Bush administration, click here:
http://www.citizen.org/hot_issues/issue.cfm?ID=1610

To read the original Public Citizen alert about "the deal," click here:
http://action.citizen.org/content.jsp?content_KEY=2659&t=BlankTemplate.dwt