International Trade Week of Action

October 15, 2007

This week, NETWORK joins the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance in sponsoring International Trade Week (October 14-21) during which millions of people from across the globe are engaging in activities calling for trade justice.  NETWORK joins them by calling to Congress to set aside pending trade agreements with Peru, Columbia, Panama and South Korea and make an honest assessment of U.S. trade policy. Authentic trade policies should benefit both partners to the agreement.  Current trade policies based on the NAFTA model and negotiated through Trade Promotion Authority harm workers and farmers (displacement of 1.3 million farmers in Mexico), while increasing the wealth of the upper class and corporations in each country.

The week of 14-21 October is a key time for action:

16 October	World Food Day
17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, a Stand Up Against Poverty day
19-21 October	Joint Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
14-21 October	Global Week of Action Against Debt

For more information about “fair trade week” activities, go to http://www.tradeweek.org/typo3/en/about-the-week.html

To take action on the Peru trade agreement, go here: http://capwiz.com/networklobby/issues/alert/?alertid=10346501&type=CO

For more information about the Peru trade agreement, go to http://www.networklobby.org/issues/global_peace/USPerutrade907.htm