Trade reform
Joining Hands supports work for fairness in the global economy so that trade agreements protect the rights of workers, consumers, the environment, and public health, as well as human rights.
The work of Joining Hands around trade issues is:
- No Greater Rights, a Peruvian campaign to prohibit trade agreements from giving foreign corporations more power than domestic companies and ordinary citizens.
- An emerging pattern in Latin American countries where transnational corporations are suing governments in international tribunals over rights to valuable natural resources; this has been the experience of both Peru and El Salvador.
- A trade reform campaign in the United States that ensures that trade agreements protect the rights of the most vulnerable and the environment and do not permit corporations to usurp the rights of sovereign governments to regulate public health and safety.
Presbyterians stand up for a fair trade agreement with Colombia |
A scriptural approach to trade |
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Take action now
Sign a petition to President Obama on the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness’ website.
Use Facebook and Twitter to raise awareness with this guide from Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.
Send a letter to Congress about violence and/or land in Colombia as it relates to the bilateral trade agreement. (Learn more about the proposed trade agreement with Colombia, how it would impact poor people, and what you can do to help.)
Print these posters and hang them at your church, school or business.
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Learn more at Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, mission co-workers in Colombia and the Colombian Presbyterian Church.
Signup for Global Eco(n) Justice updates from PHP.