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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><img width=276 height=93 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D1D05A.9AACB960" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D1BC32.A64A7820"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dear Friends & Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This Tuesday June 28, 2016, the AFL-CIO is holding a conference titled <b><i>“Trading Up: A Critical Perspective on Jobs, Governance & Security in U.S. Trade Policy,</i></b>” from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in Washington, DC. The full program is attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The conference registration is full, but I invite you to join us online for what should be an lively and insightful debate—especially given recent developments around the Brexit and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>You can watch the conference at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMI_DfBvLk8&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMI_DfBvLk8&feature=youtu.be</a> and join in the discussion online using <b><i>#BetterTrade. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Please tweet any questions for panelists to conference organizer Celeste Drake (<a href="mailto:cdrake@aflcio.org">@cdrakefairtrade</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Please feel free to share this invitation widely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Tom Palley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thomas Palley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:mail@thomaspalley.com">mail@thomaspalley.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: 202-667-5518<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.thomaspalley.com/">www.thomaspalley.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>9: 00– 9:40 a.m.—Introduction & Welcome<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Joseph Stiglitz (via video)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>9:45 - 11:15 a.m.— <i>Trade & the Economy </i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thomas Palley, AFL-CIO <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Rob Scott, Economic Policy Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Joseph Guzman, Michigan State University <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Moderator: Thea Lee, AFL-CIO<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>11:15 – 11:25 a.m. -- Break<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.— <i>Secrecy, Democracy & Trade</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dan Pearson, Cato Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>James Love, Knowledge Ecology International <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Moderator: Don Lee, <i>Los Angeles Times</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>12:30 - 1:25 p.m.— Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>1:30 – 3:00 p.m.—<i> Trade & the Public Good</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sanya Reid Smith, Third World Network <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Brooke Guven, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormalCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Moderator: Ari Rabin-Havt, Host of <i>The Agenda</i> on SiriusXM Radio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>3:00 - 3:15 p.m.—Break<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>3:15 - 4:45 p.m.—<i>Trade & Security</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Heather Hurlburt, New America<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Adam Hersh, Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Manuel Perez Rocha, Institute for Policy Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Moderator: Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>4:45 - 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