Trade Agreements Must Prioritize Working People and the Planet

Loading....

Tell Congress:
Healthy Communities Over Corporate Profits in UK Trade Talks!

Urge your elected officials to prioritize working people & the planet in the US-UK trade negotiations!

While most of the world focuses on ending the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration is pressing forward with an opening round of US-UK trade negotiations that civil society groups in both countries warn could privilege corporate profits ahead of public health, consumer safety, the environment and worker rights.

Please use this form to urge your elected officials to prioritize the needs of working people and the planet over corporate special interests!

We just need few pieces of information to connect you with your representatives.

First Name*

Last Name*

Email Address*

Address, line 1*

City*

State*

Zip Code*

I'd like to receive updates from this organization

Take Action

Organization Name
Org Address Line 1
Org City, Org State Org Zip

Get in touch! Org Email

Headline Goes Here

Your US Representative & Senators

Subject: US-UK Trade Negotiations

Message:

While most of the world focuses on ending the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration is pressing forward with US-UK trade negotiations that civil society groups in both countries warn could privilege corporate profits ahead of public health, consumer safety, the environment and worker rights. I’m writing to make sure you saw the joint transatlantic letter from more than 60 public health, consumer, environmental, family farm, civil rights, faith and labor organizations calling on the US-UK negotiations to prioritize the well-being of people and the planet. Their letter begins: —— Dear Ms. Truss and Mr. Lighthizer: Formal negotiations are beginning for a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. As groups from both the US and the UK, including environmental, animal welfare, health, food, farming, labour, digital, development, faith and social justice organisations, we are concerned about the risks that a deal could pose to the wellbeing of people and planet. Any trade agreement must be based upon ambitious environmental and social aims, and must: * Include binding climate requirements, including that the signatories adopt, maintain and implement policies to fulfil the Paris Climate Agreement, that ensure the provisions of the deal contribute to, and do not undermine, domestic policies to tackle the climate crisis, and exclude support for fossil fuels and corporate polluters * Protect the public and the environment by requiring any imported goods and services and their providers to minimally meet the health, safety, environmental, animal welfare, food standards, production standards, land use and zoning, licensing, professional qualification, privacy, transparency and consumer access policies where the goods or services will be consumed * Exclude terms that undermine strong, publicly provided public services, including universal access to health services, or price controls for medicines and those that strengthen pharmaceutical monopolies, such as intellectual property rights. * Include binding labour rights subject to swift and certain enforcement, requiring each country to adopt, maintain, implement and enforce domestic laws that provide the labour rights and protections included in the International Labour Organization’s Core Conventions and Protocols * Include provisions to protect existing labour standards, wages and working conditions, and prevent a global race to the bottom by barring movement of production to evade labour laws and by establishing formal protections for joint activities, including collective bargaining, by workers in both countries with the same employer ... ----- The complete and list of organizational signers can be found at: https://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TransatlanticTradeStatement_May2020.pdf Sincerely,

Remaining:

Organization Name
Org Address Line 1
Org City, Org State Org Zip

Get in touch! Org Email or Org Phone

Sorry, we're not targeting any representatives in your district. But, you can still help!

The comment period for this document is now closed. But, you can still help!

Sorry, we're not targeting any representatives in your district. But, you can still help!

The comment period for this document is now closed. But, you can still help!

Your messages have been sent!