Re-formulate trade agreements according to Fair Trade
Re-formulate trade agreements according to Fair Trade with terms set that protect labor, human rights, local business, and the environment, including local agriculture, forests, rivers streams and wetlands.
Source: 2008 Green Party Platform from 2008 Chicago Convention
Jul 13, 2008
Reject NAFTA, GATT, & WTO
We reject trade agreements negotiated in secret and unduly influenced by corporate attorneys and representatives. In particular, we oppose the NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA), the GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT), and its
progeny, the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO). They threaten the constitutional power of Congress and local sovereignty, and they effectively limit the participation of citizens in decisions. Instead, they create administrative bureaucracies which will
be run by corporate interests unaccountable to public input or even legal challenge.
We demand that these agreements be updated to include more specific environmental, worker, health and safety standards in the text itself, not as “side agreements,”
and full funding of existing environmental/health commitments.
We reject any agreement which threatens the authority of states and local communities to establish more stringent health, safety and environmental standards.
Source: Green Party Platform, at 2000 National Convention
Jun 25, 2000
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