<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=""><b class="">Download the briefing paper from Rethink Trade here:</b><div class=""><a href="https://rethinktrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AELP_100422_PDF_RethinkTradeDigitalSeries_R4.pdf" class="">https://rethinktrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AELP_100422_PDF_RethinkTradeDigitalSeries_R4.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 0px;"><br class=""></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px;"><table class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px 4px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px; text-align: center; padding: 0px 18px 9px; font-weight: bold;">NEW Briefing Paper on Big Tech's "Digital Trade" Attack on Working People & Labor Rights!</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding: 9px;"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://rethinktrade.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b9873cad1e4c6fd69c945c7d5&id=0850126e63&e=311c82994a" title="" class="" target="_blank"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/b9873cad1e4c6fd69c945c7d5/images/d6b61222-85fb-4e97-386f-8ba70723728b.png" width="564" class="mcnImage" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 1080px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline !important;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;">The Biden administration has launched Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations with 13 nations to set rules for 40% of the global economy. Big Tech corporations are using their monopoly powers and lobbyists to try to hijack IPEF talks and lock in international rules that guarantee their continued abuse of workers, consumers, and smaller businesses. They want an IPEF "digital trade" agreement that would set binding rules to handcuff Congress, U.S. agencies, and other nations’ governments and derail policies that end Big Tech abuses against gig workers and workers' rights, violation of consumer privacy and civil rights, and abuse of smaller businesses.<br class=""><br class="">If Big Tech interests are able to rig IPEF talks, a resulting deal could cause NAFTA-level damage to millions more workers here and around the world. By pretending this backdoor attack against digital governance is somehow related to “trade,” tech interests hope the public and policymakers won’t pay attention. We unpack the legal proposals and what they mean for you in our new “Digital Trade” Briefing Paper series. Please read Briefing #1 “Big Tech’s ‘Digital Trade” Attack on Working People and Labor Rights.” Becoming informed is the first step to ensure that IPEF, instead, is the first new worker-centered trade deal.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td valign="top" align="center" class="mcnButtonBlockInner" style="padding: 0px 18px 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" style="border: 1px none; border-top-left-radius: 7px; border-top-right-radius: 7px; border-bottom-right-radius: 7px; border-bottom-left-radius: 7px; background-color: rgb(27, 56, 175);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="middle" class="mcnButtonContent" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Segoe, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;"><a class="mcnButton " title="Click here to see the full Briefing Paper!" href="https://rethinktrade.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b9873cad1e4c6fd69c945c7d5&id=7f1aa0ad10&e=311c82994a" target="_blank" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Click here to see the full Briefing Paper!</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
Arthur Stamoulis<br class="">Citizens Trade Campaign<br class="">(202) 494-8826<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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