Past Campaigns

2024 Elections

Throughout the 2024 election campaign, we heard a lot of divisive rhetoric about trade —much of which tried to pit working people in the U.S. against workers in other countries, or defend the status quo which has devastated workers and the planet in exchange for corporate profit. But there is a way trade can be good for the people and the planet.

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IPEF/APEC Campaign

When trade negotiators came to town in July and August 2023, the Washington Fair Trade Coalition was there to greet them with a month of action including a teach-in, a rally, town halls, and more!

We shed light on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, and ensured that if the deal went through, it would be a benefit to people and the planet. In the end, we indefinitely halted the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, for the good of people and the planet!

TRIPS Campaign

We worked on a campaign to expand equitable access to COVID medicine which included helping pass a resolution at the Seattle City Council supporting COVID vaccine access.

NAFTA 2.0

When NAFTA came up for renegotiation under its new name, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), we successfully organized labor unions, trade-displaced workers, diaspora communities, public health groups and food safety and climate activists to win improvements to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement that impacted drug prices for millions of people.

The Trans Pacific Partnership

WFTC played a key role in the years-long fight against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Through relentless organizing and the power of our communities, we succeeded in defeating this harmful trade agreement, proving that collective action can achieve transformative change.