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Maine Citizens Trade Advisory Board in action

Let's bring a trade advisory board to the Commonwealth, too!

Last year, we worked on moving passage of HR 374, the "Globalization Impact Bill," which would create a citizens' advisory commission to assess the impact of proposed international trade policies and pacts on the Commonwealth's laws and economy. This bill has been refiled by Rep. Byron Rushing, and we will be working hard in 2009 to turn it into law.

Below is some recent video of a statewide Maine Citizen Trade Policy Commission hearing. At the hearing, people from around the state spoke on the impact of the new post-NAFTA generation of trade agreements, and their potential negative impact on climate change. As part of the hearing, Maine Congressman Mike Michaud describes the new Trade Act that has been introduced in Congress, HR 6180.



In the next few weeks we hope to have resources here for people who are interested in seeing a Massachusetts citizen trade advisory commission. So keep checking on the home page to find out more.

The videographer is Martha Spiess, and you can see more of her work here.