<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="">Hi everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our friends at the Washington Fair Trade Coalition have an excellent line-up of educational events and actions during the APEC meetings coming to Seattle later this month. If you have members, colleagues or friends in the Pacific Northwest, please forward them this email and encourage them to turn out!</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=""></div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#222222" face="Arial" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dear friends,</span></font></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Officials from D.C. and multiple countries throughout the Asia Pacific region will be in Seattle later this month for closed-door, invite-only talks on trade and the global economy. </span><span class="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; 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;">We are inviting your organization</span><span class="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; 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;"> and its members to please join us </span><span class="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; 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;">in</span><span class="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; 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;"> demanding </span><span class="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">transparency, labor rights, environmental protection, and consumer privacy in ongoing trade negotiations. </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Events co-hosted by the Washington Fair Trade Coalition include:</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><ul class="MailOutline"><li class=""><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class="">Saturday, July 29:</b> </span></font><a href="https://tradejusticeedfund.org/events/trade-workshop-at-the-pnw-people-over-profit-apec-counter-summit/" class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class="">Trade Justice Workshop at the PNW People Over Profit APEC Counter-Summit.</b></a><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <i class="">(1:00pm; UW, Architecture Hall, Rm 147; 3943 Stevens Way, Seattle.) </i>Hear from labor, environmental, digital rights and other organizers on the </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">status of Indo-Pacific trade negotiations; the struggle between corporate-driven trade rules and people’s interests; and what you can do to make a difference. Part of a larger <a href="https://www.pnw-pop.com/peoples-summit" class="">People’s Summit </a>with additional workshops on the rights of workers, women, migrants and the planet. </span></font><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/trade-workshop-at-the-pnw-people-over-profit-apec-counter-summit/" class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><font face="Arial" class="">RSVP Here.</font></a></li></ul><div class=""><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><ul class="MailOutline"><li class=""><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, July 30: </b><a href="https://tradejusticeedfund.org/events/trade-justice-contingent-at-the-apec-counter-mobilization-march-rally/" class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Trade Justice Contingent at the APEC Counter-Mobilization March & Rally.</b></a> <i class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">(11:00am; Cal Anderson Park; 1635 11th Ave, Seattle.) </i><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join us in demanding "People Over Profits" in Indo-Pacific trade during a short rally in the park, and then join the march bringing our demands to the APEC meetings at the Seattle Convention Center. Look for the Washington Fair Trade Coalition banner and other trade-oriented signs — we’ll have plenty for you to march with! </span></font><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/trade-justice-contingent-at-the-apec-counter-mobilization-march-rally/" class="" style="font-size: 15px;">RSVP Here.</a></li></ul></div><div class=""><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><ul class="MailOutline"><li class=""><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class="">Date TBA:</b> </span><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/town-hall-on-digital-trade" class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Town Hall on “Digital Trade.”</b></a><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We’re also working with civil rights, consumer and labor rights leaders on a town hall spotlighting Big Tech’s attempts to rig trade deals to undermine consumer privacy, data security, AI accountability and anti-monopoly laws and regulations at home and around the world. This is the newest front in trade policymaking, and decisions made this year could impact people for decades to come. The time and location of this town hall are still being finalized. <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/town-hall-on-digital-trade" class="">Sign up here for updates</a><u class="">.</u></span></font></li></ul></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i class="" style="font-weight: bold;">How You Can Help: </i>In addition to RSVPing for the events above, please (1) </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">forward this invitation to members, supporters, friends and anyone else you think might be interested; (2) promote the upcoming events via <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TPSPQKtYjG1fMYLn8mmu9dSSr3lu1GeGHqztCDSLgsc/edit?usp=sharing" class=""><b class="">social media using this toolkit</b></a>; and (3) share <a href="https://tradejusticeedfund.org/wp-content/uploads/WAFTC_TradeJusticeEventsDuringAPEC_Flyer.pdf" class="">this flyer</a> at any upcoming meetings. </span></font></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; white-space: normal; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class=""><i class="">For More Information: </i></b>contact Julie Bouanna of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition at </span></font></span><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Julie Bouanna <<a href="mailto:julie@washingtonfairtrade.org" class="">julie@washingtonfairtrade.org</a>>.</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class=""><i class="">Background:</i></b> Many of the countries involved in the Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) meetings in Seattle this summer are also part of the ongoing Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) trade negotiations. IPEF already includes </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">fourteen countries, and between them, would set rules governing approximately 40% of the world's economy. More countries are expected to join IPEF, too, and it is likely become the template for additional U.S. trade deals across the Americas, Africa and beyond. </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">If big corporations get their way, IPEF will set rules that facilitate more offshoring of good-paying jobs, exploitation of workers abroad, rip-and-ship resource extraction that accelerates global warming and </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">deregulation for</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Big Tech in areas like consumer privacy, AI accountability and anti-monopoly. </span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">’</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">re asking you to join us in </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">demanding</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that trade rules instead </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">prioritize</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> workers, consumers and the planet while officials from each of the IPEF countries are in town!</span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Together, we can stop greedy corporations from rigging IPEF and other trade deals in their interests! </span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In solidarity, </span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Julie Bouanna (she/her) | State Director</span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">206-227-3079 | <a href="mailto:julie@washingtonfairtrade.org" class="">julie@washingtonfairtrade.org</a></span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Washington Fair Trade Coalition | <a href="http://www.washingtonfairtrade.org/" class="">www.washingtonfairtrade.org</a></span></font></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></font></span></div></div></body></html>