'Processes for negotiating a potential agreement [on Indo-Pacific trade deal] must be transparent and participatory—the complete opposite of the opaque and corporate-dominated processes' underlying previous agreements, TradeJusticeEd and others told ...
A coalition told U.S. President Joe Biden that the talks must be"the complete opposite of the opaque and corporate-dominated processes that produced trade agreements under previous administrations.
"We share your goal of creating a new model for U.S. trade policy that prioritizes the interests of working people, communities of color, the environment, consumers, and family farmers instead of just big corporations," the coalition wrote in ato President Joe Biden."The launch of your administration's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework may be a test case for what this model looks like and what it can achieve.
"We greatly appreciate your administration's insistence that IPEF will not become another Trans-Pacific Partnership ," the coalition told Biden, referring to the corporate-managed trade proposalby progressives worldwide and never implemented despite the Obama administration's attempt to fast-track its approval.
For IPEF negotiations to yield a deal that benefits working people and the environment, the coalition argued, the extant"corporate advisory system" must be replaced by an"on-the-record public process, including public hearings, to formulate U.S. positions and obtain comment on draft and final U.S. text proposals, as well as robust consultation and engagement with Congress throughout the process."We ask that, if the U.S.
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