<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=""><div class=""><i class="">For folks who are in or have colleagues in the Pacific Northwest, I wanted to make sure you saw that the Seattle Town Hall on “Digital Trade” now has a date and that the start time for this month's March and Rally was pushed back a few hours. Please help spread the word! Thanks, Arthur</i></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></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" size="5" class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Trade Justice Events During the Seattle APEC Counter-Mobilization</b></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;">As officials from Washington, D.C. and multiple countries throughout the Asia Pacific region gather in Seattle later this month for closed-door, invite-only talks on trade and the global economy, please </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;">join the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and other allies </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;"><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-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;"><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; white-space: normal;"><ul class="MailOutline"><li class=""><font color="#202124" face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class="">Monday, August 8:</b> </span><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/town-hall-on-digital-trade" class="" style="font-size: 15px;"><b class="">Seattle Town Hall on “Digital Trade.”</b></a><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <i class="">(4:00pm; University of Washington, Seattle.) </i><span class="">Join U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, plus local and national labor, civil rights and consumer leaders, </span>for a town hall spotlighting Big Tech’s attempts to rig trade deals in ways that undermine personal privacy, data security, AI accountability and anti-monopoly policies 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 exact room at UW is still being finalized. <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/town-hall-on-digital-trade" class="">RSVP Here for Details.</a></span></font></li></ul></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></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="" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial;"><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;">(<b class="">NEW TIME:</b> 2:00pm; Cal Anderson Park; 1635 11th Ave, Seattle.) </i><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join us for a rally in the park, then help deliver a petition signed by over 10,000 people calling for transparency in Indo-Pacific trade talks, as we bring it directly to officials 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 for Details.</a></li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div><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 for Details.</font></a></li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial; 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="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;">forward this invitation to 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></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: 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;"><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></body></html>