The recent American International Group (AIG) scandal has outraged Americans from red and blue states alike. And now, we learn from the New York Times that AIG has the gall to sue the U.S. government demanding over $306 million back in taxes it paid - twice the amount of...

By Lori Wallach and Todd Tucker*

Two developments this week provided further illustration that the current NAFTA-WTO model of trade and globalization is fundamentally flawed.

Exhibit A: One of the most contentious issues surrounding the congressional debate on the massive stimulus bill designed to jump...

Whether Ron Kirk is a good choice for trade representative will be determined by his ability to deliver on President-elect Obama's pledges to the American public to create a new trade and globalization policy that benefits more Americans.

As a past supporter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...

Co-authored by Todd Tucker

The 2008 election delivered a major shift in the U.S. political landscape away from the disastrous trade and globalization policies of the past. From the presidential race to both chambers of Congress from the traditionally 'free trade' Pacific Northwest to Florida to Colorado to New York...

The Wisconsin primary featured the first-ever presidential campaign competition of who opposes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) the most.

The candidates sparred on a daily basis to distance themselves from NAFTA and the United States' soaring trade deficits, loss of more than 3 million manufacturing jobs and...

How did a U.S. trade agreement with Peru of all countries become a political hot potato in the recent Congressional Black Caucus CNN debate? With repeated polls showing that strong majorities, including a majority of Republican voters, consider our current trade policies to be damaging for themselves and the nation,...

Millions of Those Harmed by Fast Track-Enabled "Trade" Deals Celebrate

OBITUARIES: Fast Track 1974-1995/ 2002-2007

After a brief, damaging existence, Fast Track was pronounced dead on June 30, 2007.

The demise of Fast Track allowed the U.S. Founding Fathers to stop rolling in their graves over Fast...

"As goes Ohio, so goes the nation," we heard repeatedly last night at the Washington banquet celebrating today's swearing in of Democratic Representative Sherrod Brown as Ohio's new Senator.

So, how did Ohio go? Solidly victorious for Democrats who campaigned on a progressive message of replacing the failed NAFTA-WTO trade...