[CTC_TRADE] HTWG Discussion with USTR Ron Kirk re TPP, FYI

[Dolan Mike]

Question: What does it mean for us to have success?

Number indicates votes received, with similar answers grouped together.  

If there is no number, then it's one (1) vote.

 

Responses from the Participants of the CTC Annual fly-in Conference:

 

Advancing global trade that benefits workers, rehabilitates environment, and
increases development (9) including more jobs, climate stability, safe food
and toys (4) and developing alternative vision for new model promoting a
just, sustainable economy (4) 

Promoting jobs and industrial policy that benefit workers (9) 

Forming a national environmental policy (7)

Reducing poverty and inequality (5)

 

Reaching a congressional majority of fair trade reformers (11) by seeing
free traders lose elections, and fair traders win and pick up seats (9)

 

Obama implementing trade positions that reflect his campaign commitments
(10) including the removal of investor provisions in trade agreements (3)

 

Broadening our movement, with groups building trust, working together on
trade (9), developing stronger and broader coalitions, bringing in new
members (6) and ensuring ongoing support (2)

 

Funding a coalition staff person full time (6), and having trade LAs call us
for information, and asking questions of our staff in the states (4)

 

Achieving victories in state or local policy on procurement (4) and passing
policies that give consumer preferences for fair trade local products (3).

 

Junking or renegotiating the leftover NAFTA expansion agreements (3), and/or
seeing the collapse of Doha and repeal of the FTAs (3), including broader
public awareness of trade agreements, less respect for WTO and global
institutions, and corporate agenda

 

Passage of TRADE Act (6) and increasing the number of cosponsors (2)

 

Ron Kirk replaced by Linda Sanchez (4)

 

Movement interconnections and intersections (2)

 

Strong sustainable local economy and strong communities

 

Setting specific measurable short term goals and meeting them

 

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