The House is finally exercising congressional authority to end the “emergencies” that Trump declared to institute reckless tariffs. Read our take ⬇️

Trump withdrew from global tax cooperation, bullied Canada to drop its digital services tax, and now wants the WTO to ban digital customs duties permanently. The throughline? Protect U.S. Big Tech from regulation, at home and abroad.

Trade associations and lobby groups representing tech giants, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook, among others, are behind an aggressive campaign to roll back global digital regulations.

Trump has continued to exploit the lie that immigrants are to blame for working people’s frustrations. We know it’s BS, and we have solutions to transform the very global trade policies that have displaced and exploited workers ⬇️

The US-DRC minerals agreement was never debated in Congo’s parliament, and the US Congress wasn’t meaningfully consulted either. That lack of transparency matters when a deal reshapes who controls some of the world’s most important minerals and on whose terms.

The Trump admin recently announced “arrangements” and “action plans” on critical minerals.  Like many Trump-era “deals,” it’s unclear what impact these will actually have. What is clear: Congress must assert its authority and demand transparency and accountability.

Sounds veryyyy familiar. Trump’s second term is shaping up exactly as we predicted: weakened watchdogs, closed-door decision-making, and exemptions tilted toward donors and loyalists — with workers and consumers paying the price.

Big Tech isn’t just opposing “regulation,” it’s attacking specific laws worldwide. 🧑‍💻AI rules on biometric surveillance 🔐Data protection laws safeguarding personal data ⚖️Antitrust regulations promoting competition

"Today’s WTO ruling puts into sharp relief that the existing rules of the global economy are not fit for purpose to address the urgent crises facing our world — from catastrophic climate change to growing authoritarianism." Read the full statement ⬇️

BREAKING - new deal with Guatemala also contains harmful rules that give a handful of tech CEOs even more power over our lives. Updated statement at the same link below.

Trump’s new trade deal with El Salvador is the third such agreement to have several handouts to Big Tech and other corporate interests. Read our Director, Melinda St. Louis’, take ⬇️

Canada’s PM Mark Carney admits the truth: global trade rules were unfair by design. Check out the whole speech here: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Ecuador says NO to corporate courts, but its leaders are pushing to say yes anyway. ISDS isn’t “investment protection,” it's a tool to shield mining, oil, and other corporations from accountability.

Armed groups have killed thousands and displaced millions in eastern Congo, violence driven in part by competition over cobalt and other minerals. The US response? Lock in preferential access to those same resources.

Today, Congress will discuss Trump’s deals with DR Congo.  Here’s what to know about his neo-colonial grab for the Congo’s  “critical minerals.” @houseforeign.bsky.social

What is Trump’s agenda for critical minerals? The deal with Malaysia reveals not partnership, but exploitation. He used tariff threats to force Malaysia into giving the U.S. unfettered access to its critical minerals with almost nothing in return.

Trump’s Greenland threats show just how far he’s willing to abuse trade policy to advance an authoritarian and imperialist agenda.

"I’m the tariff king and the tariff king has done a great job." Sure, a great job bullying countries on behalf of billionaires & undermining our reputation around the world. Unfortunately, for U.S. workers, just like Tiger King, we are never going to financially recover.

Trump is launching a new wave of trade talks to secure access to other countries' “critical minerals.” No accountability. No public input. More harm to communities and the environment. Congress must assert its authority, now.

AI rules. Data privacy protections. Anti-monopoly laws. Big Tech is lobbying to dismantle them worldwide, trading public welfare for their profit.

From Argentina to Zimbabwe, Big Tech is lobbying to roll back digital regulations across the globe. 🌍 Our new map tracks 200+ policies in 60+ jurisdictions that Big Tech lobbyists have asked Trump to attack. See it for yourself ⬇️

Earlier trade deals at least pretended to be reciprocal. Not anymore. Trump’s critical-mineral agreements are openly designed to maximize corporate profits by locking the Global South into extraction while offering them virtually nothing in return.

Big Tech, with Trump’s backing, wants the world to believe regulation = discrimination. In reality, South Korea’s digital competition rules apply to U.S. and Korean firms alike. Calling them “anti-U.S.” is a bad-faith excuse to protect monopolies.

President Trump started the process yesterday of withdrawing the United States from 66 international organizations, including 30 United Nations and other global bodies dedicated to fighting climate change and eradicating poverty and violence.

The extraction and refining of nickel has devastated biodiversity, contaminated water sources, and displaced Indigenous and coastal communities whose livelihoods depend on healthy ecosystems. Without action, we’ll keep seeing stories just like Lahari’s.

Behind every “critical minerals” deal is a simple question: who benefits? Under Trump’s approach, it’s not the “poorer” nations where such minerals are found — it’s the big corporations that extract and export them.

Trade policy shouldn’t be a backdoor for Big Tech to dodge accountability. Without oversight from Congress and the public, these deals will keep concentrating power upward, leaving people and countries with fewer choices and fewer protections.

Investor-State Dispute Settlement lets corporations pressure governments, dodge domestic courts, and undermine public-interest regulation. It was largely removed from USMCA for good reason. The review should eliminate ISDS entirely, not restore it.

All Trump wants for Christmas is unregulated Big Tech. 🎄🤖☠️ Visa bans and trade threats against countries and individuals holding Big Tech companies accountable say it all.

During Trump’s first administration, bailout money from his erratic policies went straight to the banks and big corporations, while small farmers went under. We can’t let this happen again.

Big business is trying to restore NAFTA’s corporate courts. They want the U.S. to give companies more power to challenge governments. ISDS hurts communities and undermines environmental and public health rules. The USMCA review should dismantle ISDS completely, not revive it.

In November, we saw the announcement of four “trade agreements,” and Big Tech is the clear winner. Big Tech has won terms that limit the ability of Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala to regulate tech companies in the public interest.

BREAKING: 50 members of Congress say Trump’s tariffs on Brazil are a shameful attack on democracy – undermining efforts to hold coup-instigator Bolsonaro accountable and to regulate social media accounts spreading hate speech and political misinformation online.

Big Tech already got unprecedented new powers when Trump “renegotiated” NAFTA. Now the deal is up for review, and the tech billionaires are demanding even more.

Trump won’t tell the public about his secret plans for the trade deal with Canada and Mexico, which could have major impacts on all of us. Our Director has thoughts ⤵️

Who benefits from Indonesia’s nickel? 👷‍♂️Not workers. 🧑‍🌾Not communities. 🌳Not the environment. U.S. pressure is undermining Indonesia’s industrial strategy; Indonesia should profit most from its resources, period.

Trump’s critical minerals push is locking the Global South into raw extraction while corporations take the profit. Our new report with Satya Bumi exposes how. ⬇️

Trump’s U.S.-Malaysia deal shows exactly how he’s bending rules to control Global South minerals. The “soft law” approach allows Trump to reshape other countries’ mineral policy without: ❌ Congress ❌ Public debate It’s executive overreach on a global scale.

Public Citizen + 35 orgs are calling on the Trump administration to halt secret critical-minerals deals that pose serious risks to transparency, human rights, workers, the environment, and national sovereignty.

Trump’s U.S.-Malaysia deal isn’t “trade.” It’s extractivist colonialism. All obligations fall on Malaysia. The benefits go to U.S. corporations.

You may be asking, is Trump’s new U.S.-Malaysia “trade deal” really a partnership? Answer: HELL NO. It’s extractivist colonialism that locks Malaysia into raw mineral extraction while the U.S. gives almost nothing in return 🧵👇

Day 1 of the USTR USMCA Review Hearing starts today. GTW director @MelindaPubCit is testifying now, calling for a USMCA that protects workers, reins in Big Tech, and ends harmful trade rules driving job loss & forced migration.

Under threat of higher tariffs, the UK has agreed to give more money to Big Pharma, which will do NOTHING to lower the cost of medicines in the U.S. More evidence that Trump’s tariffs are about helping his CEO buds, not working people.

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Wow, it only took 6 months for Trump to determine that it doesn't make sense to tariff things that can't be grown or made in the U.S.... what a very stable genius!

“Tariffs for thee, discounts for those who hire my friends.” Pakistan spent big on Trump-tied lobbyists, and weeks later got VIP access and major tariff reductions.

Trump’s announcements with Latin American countries aren’t real deals — just frameworks that would give more power to Big Tech and Big Pharma.

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105 members of Congress, led by Rep.DeLauro, are demanding a USMCA that puts people over profit, stronger labor protections, and eliminates ISDS corporate courts. It’s time to rewrite the deal for workers, farmers, and communities, not Big Tech and corporate interests.

This is BIG -- Rep Doggett and 100+ reps demand full elimination of the ISDS provisions in the USMCA. ISDS empowers corporations to sue governments and get taxpayer money over health, environmental, and other laws they don't like. It's a total scam, and it's on it's way OUT!