Trade reform
Joining Hands supports work for fairness in the global economy so that trade agreements protect the rights of workers, consumers, the environment, and public health, as well as human rights.
The work of Joining Hands around trade issues is:
- No Greater Rights, a Peruvian campaign to prohibit trade agreements from giving foreign corporations more power than domestic companies and ordinary citizens.
- An emerging pattern in Latin American countries where transnational corporations are suing governments in international tribunals over rights to valuable natural resources; this has been the experience of both Peru and El Salvador.
- A trade reform campaign in the United States that ensures that trade agreements protect the rights of the most vulnerable and the environment and do not permit corporations to usurp the rights of sovereign governments to regulate public health and safety.
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Take action now
Send a letter as a Presbyterian, using this template, to members of Congress opposing implementation of the fast track mechanism in addressing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Sign a letter to President Obama calling for more transparency in the negotiating and Congressional processes for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement.
Watch our Webinar "The Case for Transparency: Shedding Light on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement"
Sing a song and have some fun making your point. As you gather, please use these lyrics to make your own videos then share them with us and on Youtube as we collaborate to work toward great transparency.
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A scriptural approach to trade |
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Neighbor-love … a Biblical precept that defies greed |
Support trade reform
Print these posters and hang them at your church, school or business.
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