<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), potentially the biggest trade-initiative of the Biden administration, is expected to be officially launched during the President's visit to Japan on Monday. Below are a few issues to watch on labor rights, digital trade, green jobs and climate protections. </div><br class=""><div class="">
Arthur Stamoulis<br class="">Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">(202) 494-8826<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">From: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mike Stankiewicz, Trade Justice" <<a href="mailto:mike@tradejusticeedfund.org" class="">mike@tradejusticeedfund.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Subject:</b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class=""> Indo-Pacific Economic Framework must benefit American workers</b><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">To: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:arthur@tradejusticeedfund.org" class="">arthur@tradejusticeedfund.org</a></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span class="" style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:mike@tradejusticeedfund.org" class="">mike@tradejusticeedfund.org</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="" style="line-height: inherit; 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word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0pt 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt; font-size: 14px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-72a84b59-7fff-3090-e780-3d3171ff6902" class="" style="line-height: 19.6px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 33.6px; font-size: 24px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) President Biden Announces During Asia Trip Benefit Working Americans?</span></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0pt 0px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For Immediate Release:</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0pt 0px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">May 19, 2022</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0pt 0px; font-size: 14px;"> </p><div class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0pt 0px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 16px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact: Mike Stankiewicz, </span><a href="mailto:mike@tradejusticeedfund.org" class="" style="line-height: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mike@tradejusticeedfund.org</span></a><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, <span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px;">(202) 255-7472</span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0pt 0px; font-size: 14px;"> </p><div class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0pt 0px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WASHINGTON, D.C.</span><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Ahead of the anticipated launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) during President Joe Biden's trip Asia, </span></span></span><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit; font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px;">Arthur Stamoulis, executive director of the </span></strong><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: "times new roman", times;">Trade Justice Education Fund,</strong><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: "times new roman", times;"> issued the following statements questioning whether IPEF is poised to advance the president’s vision for "worker-centered" trade policy that prioritizes the interests of working Americans over transitional corporations:</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0pt 0px; font-size: 14px;"> </p><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;">A 'Worker-Centered' IPEF Must Require Commitments From All Member Countries To Enforce Strong Labor Standards</strong></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"To create good-paying jobs and prevent offshoring, IPEF cannot be structured in such a way that allows countries to opt into the commercial benefits of the pact while opting out of pillars that impose strong labor and environmental standards. The first step in developing a new, worker-centered trade model through IPEF is by partnering only with nations committed to upholding core labor and human rights. </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"A number of the countries discussed as potential IPEF partners have been shown year-after-year in U.S. State and Labor Department reports as having abysmal records on human trafficking, forced labor, child labor and anti-union violence. These nations are not appropriate partners for a worker-centered IPEF agreement.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"For instance, Malaysia was downgraded to the lowest-possible tier in the State Department’s most recent report on human trafficking, meaning that it both fails to meet the minimum standards to eliminate trafficking and isn’t even trying to do so. Trafficked labor is found in a number of the country's export-oriented industries, including electronics, garments, rubber manufacturing and palm oil.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and other nations discussed as possible IPEF partners likewise have horrible labor rights track records and must not be allowed to benefit from IPEF’s commercial provisions unless and until the basic rights of working people throughout those nations are respected both in law and in practice."</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 19.6px; font-size: 14px;"><em class="" style="line-height: inherit; font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 16px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px;">For more info, see</span> </em><a rel="noopener" href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/dSCQfi9FLISmU3ZE3bfPhmrHiqsPGGi-xR6mNf0-kFKk3STkYci-aVYRP68PW28SD6nq_6sL54S87GUDPTEjhmt9-jQfUVFsjOEuWN8cIHxTePBJ4SDD9TAFkEro1jStZTSt_QEZllazy1r49Ackx_5nfqXLPI6YFPW_hb5Sepk4eZXZ17IBZZpddoCCLAfLKDNcWH6OyXx_NvL6TUMHWr7SYdLKIrL33Clxk1p0QU_-I5voxyJF83wqt3zW0dx0XmvaNuWgQXzRm70m5zVx5Tyy-geBac2HP7VOAs3VY_6kXwVkWRMofVHrhtpr-uEbJ9Zk_vjLx3z5XKkGJ4gNPu3Gh41UvnCAGl1_DGIi5DWaIm6INxG7B9GS0DOJUUfRssmIg37M88fwZ6HeI5BE4hHh-aUyPw2ga7WoFuYxNGH0zNOQpbH_oUpnZa9sh1kJ8NmpEr5pQqFkaPwFlhsH4l8eHhkV9UtvuUaOEUt2HRWrwkBNZR-I7wIhSFZ3pRbp/3m6/V5mQW0q7RpOGejivUSjUPA/h0/XKawCaIJQsM5g6nVHLQvI0voZEPvOkcZUeVdPGDZYvU" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tradejusticeedfund.org/press-memo-most-asean-countries-are-not-appropriate-partners-for-the-worker-centered-ipef-agreement-biden-seeks/&source=gmail&ust=1653051694702000&usg=AOvVaw3eJObvPaYv5_Nlnu_E_a1u" class="" style="line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 16px;"><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;">Most ASEAN Countries Are Not Appropriate </strong></span><span class="" style="line-height: 19.6px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px;"><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;">Partners</strong></span></span><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 16px;"><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> for the 'Worker-Centered' IPEF Agreement Biden Seeks</strong></span></a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;">Allowing IPEF’s 'Digital Trade' Provisions To Replicate Past Trade Pact's Would Hurt Workers in the U.S. & Beyond</strong></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"At a time when the U.S. and the world are grappling with how to best regulate 'Big Tech' in areas as disparate as gig economy worker protections, algorithm discrimination, competition policy and anti-trust, corporate liability and consumer privacy, IPEF must not establish rules that restrict or dissuade countries from regulating digital entities or that lock-in retrograde domestic digital governance policies.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"Legitimate ‘digital trade’ proposals for IPEF should focus on remedying actual problems related to the online sale of imported goods, such as tariff evasion, prohibitions on the import of goods made by child or forced labor, and product safety. IPEF’s digital provisions cannot be allowed to promote binding international rules that limit governments from regulating online platforms in the interests of workers, consumers, small business competitors and civil rights.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"If IPEF follows the 'digital trade' model pushed by countries like Singapore and Australia, as well as previous U.S. administrations, IPEF could very easily end up helping companies offshore data-driven jobs to countries with low wages and weak worker projections, and could also restrict governments’ ability to effectively regulate the AI that increasingly influences workplace hiring, firing and promotion decisions and effects countless workers’ on-the-job safety and quality of work. If the interests of working people are not front-and-center, IPEF could also end up advancing a framework that helps massive global retail, advertising, transportation, hospitality and other businesses evade regulation, oversight and unionization through business misclassification."</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"><em class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px;">For more info, see</span> </em><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><a rel="noopener" href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/hDSVFUOQ746wgj5ueXhy8qpEYjdLDYmrE4XejVCQNbkDTE9l7pxQmAhbunxzv-QgMXVfkLuUAM6_KhlJKCmrTplgqXzOMO0Jt_lqgrs0MUzLNJGcCkl0UJevdjbz792utHsza1rqu-Ed5AGe4SVDo6BwArz365kPUwONKhvCPUyyxEf8cg-rCrNgESgkuljoqO4z0Cz_CDN1sFdEFUMnv4jR8ZflGC3r07dbz3enYzJTLjsNmvdokd7Sf6it7AsXQ2YG-5W-H36-JgZM2tgUbnBqri4WdXUqDm8yunprB20QZazJgyTcDtGPyaqDut3TCwf6KzfxNaEcBuGXWoX41zUsRzxxzKK4hM-8BCM6eYZDhETZBm8T6FLCQr3fqKo69xDHHnzHcqkWmAJ2hfDnI98dgRHpys8Sb92g-MksALpmPpT_HgT1s4tnJiinJJQR/3m6/V5mQW0q7RpOGejivUSjUPA/h1/tHkbAioPOvqOcXycUivBFIHTGCwBX76GRmxCjBAwy2I" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://149754478.v2.pressablecdn.com/wp-content/uploads/TJEF_Commerce_IPEFComments_040922.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1653051694702000&usg=AOvVaw2X0TY3vTLT_wyVHl0ph6CF" class="" style="line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Comments on Digital and Emerging Technologies-Related Issues in an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Agreement</a> </strong><em class="" style="line-height: inherit;">and </em><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><a rel="noopener" href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/dSCQfi9FLISmU3ZE3bfPhmrHiqsPGGi-xR6mNf0-kFIB99Ek0zaneowLEA8budrpKH8qhjWAFtZIVGbaAC4Wbj0eorsrHPQPU5X9ag_udjrUc33tZEOEdZ7SPcLDNZfLHk-S-5uUgjBcsLxgyFWAX4nD_r-EarqvH8_zqrG83M_lao4SsEz0CPxEIN5ktu8Q7JMTSM2d2Upar_RAk_1_U3Vk4VT4TwoMWm-QhupltmOa0nx2FruSaqjvxtRwRwp2aUOwYRvcQhDcp2K4bf_5HSzM0HXqlmbe4_1wOa-iy-dSZ8zIRqB_Oeway9ribysaAebd1QYsU3RldTbrxRneQyYLfrTkt7Vi8dJQKjHvgcRcoHoOGpi7OClFszhDVrobde9gkxfxKMdH3D5C5_DA1XXVFXzwp053lDXK2thTY27Oa4TeTABOXcxXRFZGbRZ2Dn2tomX7tnMCvD3U9AxHOL5cu16j2MN5RuJM8QNt-Xb9sKga5dipkCqwt08pRBcDKgDT7TRL1_jL3HfxUjRkPA/3m6/V5mQW0q7RpOGejivUSjUPA/h2/6CbgNPpHHdpuT1HCDt6UhVC61lIXGPrGJ1NtnOHuuOc" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tradejusticeedfund.org/in-letter-to-president-53-labor-civil-rights-consumer-other-organizations-warn-about-harmful-provisions-in-digital-trade-pacts/&source=gmail&ust=1653051694702000&usg=AOvVaw204BsVSofLcXeVSV5eVUGc" class="" style="line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">In Letter to President, 53 Labor, Civil Rights, Consumer & Other Organizations Warn About Harmful Provisions in 'Digital Trade</a></strong><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(0, 104, 218);"><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><u class="" style="line-height: inherit;">’</u></strong></span></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;">IPEF Must Protect Green Jobs and Resilient Supply Chains With a 'Climate Peace Clause'</strong></span></div></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"The U.S. and other nations must be able to invest in and otherwise promote the creation of green industries including photovoltaics, electric vehicles, batteries and semiconductors without fear of costly and timely trade challenges. </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"Foreign countries are already using trade pacts to threaten President Biden's 'Build Back Better' initiatives on electric cars and to attack state-level solar programs. To eliminate this threat to green jobs and climate solutions moving forward, over 150 environmental organizations throughout the U.S. have called for the inclusion of a 'climate peace clause' in trade deals, under which all parties would agree not to use trade and investment rules to undermine one another’s climate initiatives.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">"Earlier this month, climate peace clause language that was included in leaked drafts of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council ministerial statement ended up being deleted from the final published text. Including a climate peace clause in IPEF is imperative to enable effective promotion of green manufacturing in the U.S. and head of climate catastrophe."</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px;"><em class="" style="line-height: inherit;">For more info, see </em></span><a rel="noopener" href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/dSCQfi9FLISmU3ZE3bfPhmrHiqsPGGi-xR6mNf0-kFL7nZSBPrrKBZdpygjlcktWSnLti0G9S-aK0t54VZKBd3OvOQE_TFmK-i5QzPOgttV2HtUTbBuAPqSMaXB4U8KGC7GS6L-8xh1fe-NdvgcXYx_HsphnJ7ybKJ1DOk9WRhhNm3VxLbXCuXzUb5J2s4fGpvO-Ypd-UKOnIoWsWe2SfootkAOBkfrNUG_PVC9FsuQBT2_rCjCHs63B08i7tTmXrWJHdfbiD0xJY554qjGWuAXRen9kY9o-2fgh3PH2hUx1aHxv-s-gAieb78-WhAC9ILp-6b3IxzrkQHbwPrtxKwaiPjY6Wd-I2oXPhYSp49FDFf0NMYeYg57PJ6WwjQQw-ox37xABAuns5XbsZMzCYCcSRKB0nsiAq3u5ZNXKO9qISc7tO2hSEj8T5lCYudxF2R8UUhey3qZ31wDn2Bo2AjnOPVHA1aUiLmdppGPXEgs/3m6/V5mQW0q7RpOGejivUSjUPA/h3/y52nqEBT9xJhyDtHjgedUkmzg07YjGjS8wnGq1nW9Mk" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tradejusticeedfund.org/150-environmental-groups-urge-inclusion-of-climate-peace-clause-in-trade-agreements/&source=gmail&ust=1653051694702000&usg=AOvVaw0Y2I_Hzsf7fMax7CSm3NSk" class="" style="line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;">150+ Environmental Groups Urge Inclusion of 'Climate Peace Clause' in Trade Agreements </strong></a><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px;"><em class="" style="line-height: inherit;">and </em></span><strong class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><a rel="noopener" href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/dSCQfi9FLISmU3ZE3bfPhmrHiqsPGGi-xR6mNf0-kFLctwVXGdm9auLgYie7Ic6sZ8ju6FNkBxw7ybI5QQh1BZFzMYuxbziuXJfaATT1Bpl-euuR8rTxiPqMAJFn84-Oid6QgBR64qIILM0A-ZIf3P-O_0DTMkf8EixcY0UmAYLmadpPloOJDwNlkjoFtrOGqHdmxinyhI3Hi9vEYONF0CcULmTs5LzQ0zLTLpXsAwo72IBhkypyduZUUiykmjHaVZMvSNfqdbTFcr-wasAFVtUgIJtrH7sstoqQYubaymiCQL1GBETsZGxioPWiPK6-tf6Uk2KSA0kNiNGOXKSYXBC6O09eXPhDgHMHfcXE82onO-9mRn8cbD55NUM7tVjlRxoGLaN2FW73jpzNz13i903Tr7nBJDCivXqNbpqylsreBK5BZUA7fMNdCo9KVRQWM5QY6kR6qyPV0fyHkGgs8_d_QDhnanAk-FwrDE21H6c/3m6/V5mQW0q7RpOGejivUSjUPA/h4/UxMMIfOBqTG582o6jV2zMcOmjSv1RgTnroEpUlOlcAs" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tradejusticeedfund.org/statement-on-the-removal-of-climate-peace-clause-from-trade-and-technology-council-agenda/&source=gmail&ust=1653051694702000&usg=AOvVaw0OZdHallxYQCyPDa6tbDH-" class="" style="line-height: inherit; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Statement on the Removal of a 'Climate Peace Clause' from Trade and Technology Council Agenda</a></strong> </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"><span class="" style="line-height: 19.6px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 19.6px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px;">To speak with </span></span></span><span class="" style="line-height: 19.6px; font-family: "times new roman", times; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px;">Stamoulis</span></span><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">, please contact Mike Stankiewicz at </span><a rel="noopener" href="mailto:mike@tradejusticeedfund.org" target="_blank" class="" style="line-height: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;">mike@tradejusticeedfund.org</a><span class="" style="line-height: 22.4px; font-size: 16px; font-family: "times new roman", times;"> or (202) 255-7472.</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: inherit;"> </div><p class="" style="line-height: 19.600000381469727px; margin: 0px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 19.6px;"> </span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>