Global Trade Watch
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| Founded | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Type | Consumer advocacy non-profit |
| Focus | Washington D.C., United States |
Area served | Global |
| Method | Research, lobbying, litigation and appeals, media attention, direct-appeal campaigns |
Director | Melinda St. Louis |
Key people | Lori Wallach (founder) |
Parent organization | Public Citizen |
Revenue | $15.468 million[1] |
| Website | http://www.citizen.org/trade |
Global Trade Watch (GTW) is a consumer advocacy organization that focuses on
trade policy. Founded in 1995 by attorney Lori Wallach, GTW is a division of U.S.-based think tank Public Citizen. GTW advocates for a greater public role in international, federal, state and local policy-making, and for a different set of policies and institutions than those governing the current model of globalization. In 2022, Melinda St. Louis succeeded Wallach as director of GTW.[2]
The GTW monitors the
Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement
(TAFTA / TTIP).
Founding and activities
Institute for International Economics,[4] and "a key player in Washington debates on trade policy" by The Nation.[5] Wallach is a graduate of Harvard University
and previously worked for Public Citizen as a lobbyist for food safety improvements.
Alongside organizations such as the
Citizens Trade Campaign and belongs to Our World Is Not For Sale.[7]
Archives
- World Trade Organization 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference Protest Collection Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine 1993-2000. 43.63 cubic feet. At the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
References
- ^ "Public Citizen Annual Report" (PDF). Public Citizen. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Public Citizen Names Melinda St. Louis as New Director of Global Trade Watch". Public Citizen. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "The Reuters Forum - Has the WTO Lost Its Way?". Archived from the original on 2006-08-14. Retrieved 2006-08-18.
- ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2633/is_4_14/ai_64564019/print [bare URL]
- ^ "Murtha v. Hoyer". Archived from the original on 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2006-08-18.
- ^ "'The stakes couldn't be higher': GE urged to invest in green US jobs". the Guardian. 2021-10-12. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
- ^ "Members | Our World Is Not For Sale". ourworldisnotforsale.net. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- Ray Suarez, "The Battle Over CAFTA," PBS Online NewsHour, July 27, 2005. Archived May 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- William Greider, "Whither the WTO," The Nation, July 26, 2006.
- Kate Ackley, "Trade Lobbyists: Agenda Doesn’t Stop With Doha," Roll Call, July 26, 2006.
- Paul Blustein, "Failed Trade Talks Usher in Uncertainty, WTO System Could Weaken After Breakdown Puts Globalization on Unclear Path," Washington Post, July 26, 2006.