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The Real Impacts of NAFTA and NAFTA 2.0

May 25, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Sterling Building contains Umpqua Bank, Sterling Bank and other businesses. Please enter in the back from the parking lot. To pull into the parking lot drive by the building on Winslow Way heading from Winslow then take a left just after the building. It is at the crossing of Winslow Way and 305.

==> Trade Agreements and Their Real Impacts <==

Please come and get a first hand sense of how global trade agreements (negotiated by corporations) really matter. A renegotiation of NAFTA has been taking place under the radar of most of us – and the final agreement will affect all of us.

After a year of renegotiation, the second generation of NAFTA (a free trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada) was signed at the end of November 2018 in Mexico. The likely next step is to seek approval of the deal in Congress in the next several weeks or months. The agreement will affect all of us.

This free event includes an experiential activity to understand how free trade affects different members of our population including corporations, small farmers, workers, the environment, and our democracy. This will be followed by an informational presentation on NAFTA by Hillary Haden of Washington Fair Trade Coalition.

==> Personal Experiences With Those on the Border <==

Nancy Taylor will also share her firsthand experience of how people are treated at the border: and help us to understand how we can help in real ways.

Details

Date:
May 25, 2019
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/349351135696270/

Venue

Sterling Building
(Umpqua Bank) corner 305 & Winslow Way
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 United States
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