More of the same: Trump’s tariff chaos churns out exemptions tilted toward donors and loyalists while working people and consumers continue to pay the price.

Decades of “free trade” deals, written by and for the richest of the rich, killed good jobs and gutted working-class communities. It’s time for something new. Tell your Rep. to take a stand! Scan the QR code.

Past trade agreements haven’t delivered for working people; we have an alternative trade model that benefits everyone – not just those at the very top. Tell your Rep. to take a stand!

Tell your representative that it’s time to take a stand and support trade policy that centers workers, not billionaires. Send a letter by scanning the QR code!

We had to sue the Trump admin to get info on how Big Tech is trying to influence trade policy. An initial FOIA disclosure reveals a cozy relationship where U.S. gov officials and Big Tech lobbyists collaborate to push back on online regulations around the world.

Trump just announced a plan to impose a 100 percent tariff on generic medicines. “This reckless and impetuous move will drive up prices, force rationing of key medicines and needlessly create scarcity problems,” said Peter Maybarduk, Access to Medicines Director at Public Citizen.

A day after imposing tariffs on Brazil for blatantly political reasons, the Trump administration claims the EU is being unfair by fining Big Tech companies for digital competition violations.

UPDATE: We called it. Just as the Trump admin’s temporary tariffs under Section 122 are set to expire, they use this investigation to resurrect its legally challenged tariff regime.

Global Trade Watch@pcgtw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Forced labor should be eradicated wherever it exists. But the Trump admin's latest Section 301 "investigation" looks less like a serious effort to combat labor abuses and more like an attempt to resurrect its legally challenged tariff regime.

HAPPENING NOW: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, just one day after Trump doubled down on tariff chaos and secretive trade dealmaking that includes massive corporate giveaways.

The numbers don’t lie. Big Tech is targeting digital safeguards across the globe. Swipe for more ➡️

You can’t make this sh*t up: Trump took a break from advancing Big Oil's climate-burning agenda to propose tariffs on Canada over the wildfires. Sure, tariffs can be a tool, but taxing imports doesn't put out fires. You need a hose for that.

Trump's secret minerals deals provide ample cover for possible conflicts of interest. @repjohnnyo.bsky.social shines a light on these shady deals and just how willing this administration is to hide under that cover.

The core problems with NAFTA live on in its successor: the USMCA. 🗣️: Dustin Gruella from @teamsters on the changes working people need.

After his sham investigation, Trump is slapping a 25% tariff on Brazil for regulating social media misinformation and supporting its public digital payments system. Just the latest in outcomes that help no one but Big Tech and their deregulatory agenda.

If you thought Big Tech was heinous at home, you’re right. And they’re expanding all over the globe.

Being anti-Trump isn’t enough for working people; we need to have a real plan for the future. This is how trade policy fits in.

Our new map of Trump’s trade report reveals something big: Big Tech is accelerating its global attack on public interest digital laws.

Brazil has a set of online consumer protection rules that serve legitimate public interests. Trump doesn't like that. Today, @melindastlouis.bsky.social will testify at USTR's Section 301 hearing on proposed trade measures meant to punish Brazil's efforts to rein in Big Tech.

Bad trade deals don’t just impact those in manufacturing — it touches us all. The USMCA needs substantial changes to live up to Trump's promise to working people to “fix NAFTA” and stop offshoring.

Today marked the deadline for the USMCA review, and now we know it will not be renewed as is. Congress must now step up and take this opportunity to fix its failures.

Today’s Supreme Court ruling gives even more power to billionaires to influence our democracy. That's how we end up with trade policy written for corporations instead of working people. 🗣️ : @theameilee.bsky.social

The Trump administration is pushing up against a July 1 deadline to renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Here’s what working people need to know ⬇️

When Big Tech says jump, Trump asks how high. Check our new map of all the digital regulations Trump is targeting in 76 countries around the world, and see which Big Tech lobby groups asked him to attack these privacy, AI safety and anti-monopoly laws.

The Trump admin has signed data-sharing agreements about global health with more than 30 countries, refusing to make them public until at least 2027. We need transparency BEFORE a deal is signed, not years after.

Farmers and small business owners gathered in Mt. Horeb for a town hall to envision a bold new path forward on trade policy.

Starting now!

Global Trade Watch@pcgtw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢MT.HOREB: Corporate trade deals and chaotic tariffs have failed to deliver for working people. This event is about changing that. Join us on June 16th at 5:30 pm.

Elites on both sides of the aisle have supported disastrous free trade deals and failed to deliver for working people. We’re in Mt. Horeb TONIGHT, join us to help shape an economy that works for all of us – not just the billionaires.

Join me tomorrow in Mt. Horeb for a town hall on tariffs and trade! I’ll be joined by former US Trade Rep. Katherine Tai, Kriss Marion of the Wisconsin Farmers Union, and Shawn Phetteplace of Main Street Alliance.

Union members and migrant justice organizers packed the house in Chicago to demand a bold new blueprint for trade policy and share experiences on how unfair trade and economic policies have harmed working people.

HAPPENING NOW!

Global Trade Watch@pcgtw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨CHICAGO: Elites on both sides of the aisle have supported disastrous free trade deals. We’re on the road to talk to working people about what comes next. Join us on the 15th with @chuygarcia.house.gov, @ramirez.house.gov, @jonathanjackson.house.gov, and Amb. Katherine Tai.