<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><i><font color="#000000"><b>Hey All-- Please join our April "Trade Justice Power Hour" happening this Thursday at 3pm ET! We'll hear about several fronts on the international fight against ISDS. I hope to see you there! -Hillary</b></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#000000"><br></font></i></div><div><br></div><div><i><font color="#000000">April's "Trade Justice Power Hour" Online Briefing</font></i></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#000000">Lessons for the US from the International Fight Against ISDS </font></b></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div></span><div><font color="#000000">Thursday, April 18th, 3PM ET | 2pm CT | 1pm MT | 12pm PT<br></font></div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dTb9pbC6TCq7Z195yAatAw" target="_blank">RSVP Here for Zoom Login Details</a></font></div><div><br></div></span><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Around the world, activists like you are pushing back against corporations’ ISDS trade attacks on climate initiatives and other democratically-enacted public interest policies. Join us this month to hear some exciting updates from the global fight against ISDS!</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We'll be joined by Melanie Foley of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, sharing inspiring lessons from Honduras's recent ISDS withdrawal decision and other recent wins across the globe. We'll also hear report backs from our cross-border day of action against Ruby River’s anti-climate ISDS case, and share ways that you can help the campaign to end ISDS in the coming weeks. </span></font><font color="#500050"></font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></div><div><span id="m_-5868421935675944254m_-2397072463692265232m_6803386078591691496gmail-docs-internal-guid-c5cefb70-7fff-6c38-c82d-154546339d8c"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">As a reminder, Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is a mechanism written into many older trade and investment agreements that allows </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">individual corporations</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to challenge laws, regulations, permitting decisions and even court decisions that they view as a violation of their supposed trade agreement rights.  These ISDS suits completely circumvent the U.S. judicial system and any other countries’ judicial system, and instead are heard before private tribunals empowered to award millions and even billions of dollars in taxpayer money as damages.  The ISDS system is an obstacle to robust climate action and an affront to democracy.  </span></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><font color="#000000">To join the conversation, please <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dTb9pbC6TCq7Z195yAatAw" target="_blank">RSVP here</a> for the Zoom login details.  Questions?  Please email, Clayton Tucker at <a href="mailto:clayton@tradejusticeedfund.org" target="_blank">clayton@tradejusticeedfund.org</a>.</font></div></span><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div style="text-align:left">Hillary Haden (She/Her) | Organizing Director</div></span></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Direct Line: 202.240.8702  | Email: Hillary<a href="mailto:x@tradejusticeedfund.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">@tradejusticeedfund.org</a></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="http://www.tradejusticeedfund.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.tradejusticeedfund.org</a></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><img width="200" height="36" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xe9soBu0-YZD-Y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