<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div><i><font color="#000000">Hey All-- I'm writing to invite you to our June Trade Justice Power Hour briefing where we'll be joined by Iliana Paul of Sierra Club to talk about their recent report "Trading Away Our Climate". I hope to see you there this Thursday at 3pm ET! --Hillary </font></i></div><div><i><font color="#000000"><br></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#000000"><br></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#000000">June's "Trade Justice Power Hour" Online Briefing</font></i></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#000000">Trading Away Our Climate: The Latest in the Global Movement to Eliminate ISDS </font></b></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div></span><div><font color="#000000">Thursday, June 20th, 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_oe-dGddJQzqAPfmvVdjh3w">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">2023 was the hottest year in recorded history, and without drastic action on climate change, 2024 is set to break that record. Trade justice activists like you continue to push back against trade attacks on climate action. Join us this month to hear some about an exciting new report on Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) trade attacks from Sierra Club!</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 Iliana Paul from Sierra Club, sharing about Sierra Club's recent report <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2024-05/TradingAwayOurClimateReport.pdf" target="_blank">Trading Away Our Climate: How Corporations Use Trade and Investment Agreements to Undermine Action on Climate Change</a>. We'll also get a quick report back from Arthur Stamoulis of Trade Justice Ed Fund on the recent Biden tariff announcement, 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_1574863778542270473m_5888719656247445730gmail-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_oe-dGddJQzqAPfmvVdjh3w">RSVP here</a> for the Zoom login details.  Questions?  Please email, contact 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-al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