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Promoting government & corporate accountability in #globalization and #trade since 1995.

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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Ndjimu, a Congolese film showing a rare view of the bottom of the critical minerals supply chain, echoes one clear message: there are real people behind the rush for critical minerals. We must keep in mind the human cost of our consumption.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Today, people around the globe took action to say NO to ISDS.⚖️👨‍⚖️ Here in DC, we handed out flyers to World Bank employees, informing them about the Bank’s secretive corporate tribunals where corporations can challenge public interest policies and get billions in compensation.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Spanish: La administración Trump está utilizando la presión arancelaria para forzar a los países a firmar acuerdos comerciales que amenazan los medios de subsistencia, la soberanía y otros aspectos del Sur Global. Únete a nosotros para analizar los riesgos y explorar formas de resistir.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump admin is using tariff pressure to push countries into trade agreements that threaten livelihoods, sovereignty, natural resources, and digital privacy across the Global South. Join trade experts and movement leaders to unpack the risks and explore ways to resist.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We can have a clean planet and good, union jobs. It doesn’t have to be either/or.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The worst thing we could do would be go back to the pre-Trump era of free trade,” John Drew, former president of @uaw.org Local 72.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This kind of devastation in Wisconsin is something the entire country knows all too well. Working people are fed up.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When we held a town hall in Dayton earlier this year, we heard so many stories like this. People just want policies that let them survive.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Working people are ready for a big change. We need bold policies with bold people behind them.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’re here outside the G20, calling attention to decades of trade policy that have devastated blue-collar and rural communities in Wisconsin and nationwide. We cannot continue with a trade agenda that prioritizes billionaires over working people.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
American workers deserve better, bold ideas are how we get there.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To alienate Canada, one of our closest allies, and then turn around and strike a deal with Belarus’s dictator for fertilizer that barely exists? The message from this administration couldn’t be much clearer.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Congolese mining communities are suffering while corporations make bank. Congress and the public must be involved.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This month, G20 trade ministers are meeting to reshape our global trade policy. We’ll be there demanding our trade deals put working people before corporate profits. Join us to demand fair trade deals that work for us, not corporations!
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump administration is pumping billions of dollars out of our communities and into the pockets of family and friends through scattershot mining and processing projects. Our new report uncovers possible conflicts of interest.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Outsourcing and concerns about AI’s impact on the workforce are real problems. We need a progressive and bold alternative to decades of Trump’s failed trade policy; TAA can be a part of that.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump wants to be in charge of which internet (and other telecoms) providers that foreign governments can purchase. This imperialistic "trade" agenda isn't just anti-democratic, it actively undermines economic development and competitiveness.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
An injury to one is an injury to all. @MelindaPubCit responds to @sewell.house.gov's question about how we can change trade rules with sub-Saharan African nations to uplift workers in the critical minerals supply chain.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The U.S. Cattlemen's Association says Trump’s decision to exempt Brazilian beef from tariffs will not make groceries cheaper – but it will make it harder for ranchers to survive. So who exactly is this exemption helping?
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As the 🇺🇸U.S.-Canada 🇨🇦 trade conflict escalates, Trump is banning imports of Canadian motorcycles, dairy products, and alcohol. Picking a trade fight with one of our closest allies does nothing to help working people.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@theameilee.bsky.social’s message post-Labor Day: This is our moment to think BIG.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“It is a reasonable goal to seek diverse and reliable supply chains for minerals. But the way we do so matters.” This week, GTW Director Melinda St. Louis was the only witness to testify to the secrecy, harmful terms, and possible corruption and misuse of taxpayer💰 in Trump’s mineral deals.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read more: www.citizen.org/news/public-...
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This week, Canada has shown that countries can push back against Trump’s bullying and reject his outrageous demands.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The answer is yes. Big Tech and Trump have always been close, and they're only growing closer.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
U.S. drug prices aren’t high because other countries pay less. They’re high because of Big Pharma’s greed. Trump’s investigation into Germany’s policies that make meds affordable is a distraction, not the real help working people need.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Remember that Trump "investigation" that was less about ending forced labor and more about recreating Trump’s legally challenged tariff regime? This is just more proof that this administration is full of sugar, honey, iced tea.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What does the Trump administration have to hide? The Trump administration has made 30+ “deals” on critical minerals. Many of these deals, negotiated in secret, have not even been announced by the US government.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump’s deals on critical minerals have raised serious concerns about transparency, human rights, and labor standards. Ranking members @replindasanchez.bsky.social and @rephuffman.bsky.social, with @jonathanjackson.house.gov along with 50+ representatives, are demanding answers.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Trump 🤝 Billionaire tech CEOs Check out our interactive map and see exactly which countries Trump is bullying on behalf of Big Tech.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We had a hunch, FOIA’d for the receipts, and we got them. Trump isn’t working on behalf of working people, he’s working for Big Tech.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hypocrisy of the day: the Trump administration's official Environmental Advisory Committee for trade policy includes Amazon among its esteemed members.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Trump & Big Pharma want us to believe that making medicine more expensive abroad will somehow help struggling patients in the US. @sanders.senate.gov, @doggett.house.gov & @publiccitizen.bsky.social exposed these lies, responding to another trade attack that will make our lives even more expensive.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Data centers are popping up left and right. Fueling their rise is a shady scramble for the world’s critical minerals.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trump’s secret critical minerals push is trapping the Global South into raw extraction while corporations get all the benefit. We’re uncovering how it's all happening ⬇️
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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!
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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!
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Uncertainty in trade because Google got fined by the EU? What about the uncertainty caused by this administration’s ridiculous and constantly changing trade policy? The EU’s regulations making the digital sector fairer are neither discriminatory nor unfair.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The numbers don’t lie. Big Tech is targeting digital safeguards across the globe. Swipe for more ➡️
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The core problems with NAFTA live on in its successor: the USMCA. 🗣️: Dustin Gruella from @teamsters on the changes working people need.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If you thought Big Tech was heinous at home, you’re right. And they’re expanding all over the globe.
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Global Trade Watch @pcgtw.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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.
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