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Showing videos filed under: Lori Wallach
Whatever Happened to the WTO?
December 1, 2009The WTO may not have expanded in 1999, but it hasn't gone away, either. Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, fills us in on the World Trade Organization, ten years after the huge progressive victory in Seattle in 1999. Deregulation and fossil fuels remain the name of the game, even as the Obama administration promises change at home.Obama and Free Trade, Hamza Perez, and Big Oil's Legacy in the Amazon
June 23, 2009As a primary candidate, Barack Obama posited himself as the Fair Trade candidate in opposition to Hillary Clinton whose support of NAFTA during the Clinton administration was seen as a liability. But where does Obama stand on trade issues now that he's in the White House? Lori Wallach and others on the president's trade policies. Puerto Rican rapper Hamza Perez on his journey, conversion to Islam, and life in America since 9/11. And the destructive legacy of big oil in Peru.Lori Wallach: US Trade Policy
April 14, 2009What will be the future of US trade policy? On the campaign trail, tapping into public resentment of the free trade policies of the Clinton and Bush years, Obama said he would chart a new course. But with his selection of Ron Kirk--a NAFTA supporter--to serve as the 16th US Trade Representative many are wondering where Obama's interests lie.David Harvey and Alexander Cockburn, US Trade Policy, and Women's Rights in Afghanistan
April 13, 2009David Harvey, a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York and the author of The Limits to Capital and Alexander Cockburn, co-editor of Counterpunch, on the end (or future) of capitalism. Lori Wallach on US trade policy. And Nasrine Gross, President of the Roqia Center for Women's Rights in Afghanistan, talks about the role of women in Afghan politics.The End of Capitalism?, US Trade Policy, and Women's Rights in Afghanistan
March 11, 2009Today on GRITtv David Harvey, a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York and the author of The Limits to Capital and Alexander Cockburn, co-editor of Counterpunch, on the end (or future) of capitalism. Lori Wallach on US trade policy under Obama. And women's rights in Afghanistan.Labor's Coming Battle, Human Rights in Iran, and Following the Bailout Money
December 22, 2008Obama’s final cabinet choice is also his most progressive. Hilda Solis, the daughter of a Teamsters shop steward has been on the front lines of every big labor battle in Southern California in recent memory and has been very good on the issue of immigration, green jobs, and trade. The question is, will she have the president’s ear?
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