Free Trade

Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game

Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game

Instead of accepting Trump’s trade deal and compromises on saving the planet, Sanders said in Tuesday’s debate, “We need some corporate responsibility here.”

Jan 15, 2020 / John Nichols

WTO Seattle Protest

20 Years After Seattle, the Clash of Globalizations Rages On 20 Years After Seattle, the Clash of Globalizations Rages On

Alter-globalization is back— but this time, it’s coming from both the left and the right.

Nov 29, 2019 / Quinn Slobodian

Can ‘Climate Sanctions’ Save the Planet?

Can ‘Climate Sanctions’ Save the Planet? Can ‘Climate Sanctions’ Save the Planet?

Economic pressure can be a force for environmental good—if it targets companies, not countries.

Nov 18, 2019 / Nicholas Mulder

The UN Goes to Davos

The UN Goes to Davos The UN Goes to Davos

Corporate influence over the humanitarian sector has a long and compromised history. Call it UN, Inc. 

Nov 13, 2019 / Maria Hengeveld

Mozambique Coffee price

Coffee Prices Have Collapsed, Threatening the Livelihood of Millions Across the Global South Coffee Prices Have Collapsed, Threatening the Livelihood of Millions Across the Global South

Why aren’t big importers like Starbucks doing something to help the small farmers and workers who are the backbone of their multibillion-dollar businesses?

Oct 25, 2019 / James North

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations

The Massachusetts senator’s latest plan is about power as much as policies.

Jul 31, 2019 / Todd N. Tucker

Donald Trump Is Remaking the GOP

Donald Trump Is Remaking the GOP Donald Trump Is Remaking the GOP

The National Conservatism conference shows that the Trumpian agenda of ethnic nationalism has a long future.

Jul 22, 2019 / Jeet Heer

The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun

The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun

Progressives must fight strategically to improve it—if they don’t, the consequences could be devastating.

Dec 21, 2018 / Feature / Lori Wallach

A Mandate for Left Leadership

A Mandate for Left Leadership A Mandate for Left Leadership

Lessons from the neoliberal revolution.

Dec 5, 2018 / Feature / Kate Aronoff

Trump USMCA Announcement

Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 Is Just More of the Same Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 Is Just More of the Same

The USMCA’s weaknesses reflect the fundamentally antidemocratic nature of free-trade agreements.

Oct 15, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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