With AI quickly becoming embedded into nearly every aspect of our lives, Trump’s “special book” puts a target on countries attempting to regulate the development and deployment of AI systems to mitigate potential harms. All to protect Big Tech’s profits at the expense of the public.

While the urgency of climate change demands bold action at all levels, this year’s NTE report doubles down on the Trump admin’s climate hostility. Instead of learning from other countries, it attacks other countries' climate laws on behalf of polluting industries.

Trump’s unacceptable demands at the WTO on behalf of Big Tech blew up the meeting and, ironically, means that countries now have the space to tax imports of digital goods.

On the one-year anniversary of “Liberation Day,” Trump’s 2026 update of his “special book” doubles down on corporate hit list targeting of critical public interest regulations. Environmental protection, public health, the digital economy, and more are all on the chopping block.

Big Tech, buoyed by the Trump admin, has targeted hundreds of digital regulations in more than 60 jurisdictions worldwide. Thanks to @warren.senate.gov for raising the alarm in her recent letter!

At this year’s WTO ministerial, civil society voices were sidelined, shut out, and stripped of meaningful participation in decisions that directly affect their communities. After the meeting ended in chaos, here are some of their responses:

Unfortunately, not an April Fools’ joke: Trump’s new report doubles down on the agenda of Big Tech and other billionaire corporate interests by targeting public-interest policies around the world.

Ridiculous irony: Trump’s attempt to bully other countries in the WTO from a temporary tax holiday for Big Tech into a permanent one blew up — and it’s now expired. Good riddance! Now countries have the policy space to tax digital products/services imports if they choose.

GTW is on the ground in Cameroon and witnessed the dysfunction of this WTO Ministerial #MC14 and Trump’s erratic trade ‘agenda’. Our full statement: t.co/Hwc99UjJsK

Holding HIV treatment hostage to extract mineral deals is indefensible. More than a million Zambians rely on this aid. This administration always finds a new low. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...

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ISDS protects foreign investors, but not citizens, domestic businesses, or governments acting in the public interest. That imbalance is exactly why experts are calling for change. elpais.com/america-colo...

Trump tried to take credit for fixing NAFTA, but six years later, his USMCA has failed to stop the race to the bottom that hurts workers across North America. 🗓️ Wednesday, March 25, at 6 pm ET, join the call to say YES to a people-centered trade agreement.

The Trump administration continues to exploit the violence in the Congo to seize control of its minerals. But Congolese people are organizing, resisting, and demanding a different future. For on-the-ground updates, follow @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy

Trump's mineral deals could lock in an extractive, anti-development model that undermines labor rights, environmental protections, and sovereignty across the planet, all in the interest of Big Tech billionaires and other corporate special interests.

Global trade rules & climate have long been at odds. But that doesn't have to be the case. Senators are calling for key updates in the USMCA that can advance trade and environmental goals in harmony, raising the standard for what truly just trade policy looks like.

Trump’s US-Indonesia deal is a prescription for higher drug prices. "Data exclusivity" and attacking patent safeguards, in the deal, reduce access to cheaper generics. AND Indonesia is forced to accept US food & medical standards, even as those standards are being rolled back.

Critical minerals aren’t just about the energy transition; they’re central to military and defense supply chains. The U.S.-DRC agreement locks Congo into someone else’s security and industrial strategy, even as violence and human rights abuses on the ground continue unabated.

Big corporations can hire lobbyists to avoid paying tariffs, while small businesses go under. Tariff exemptions have become a highway for corruption. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/o...

Big Tech is the real winner in Trump’s U.S.-Indonesia deal Indonesia cannot tax Big Tech companies, stop large digital platforms from cannibalizing the local news industry, or regulate exports of personal data to protect privacy rights of Indonesians.

Trump threatening to cut off *all trade* with Spain because they oppose the U.S.-Israeli invasion of Iran is the latest proof that his trade policies are not about working people. They’re about political power and corporate profits.

Congress needs to restore assistance and training for workers whose jobs get sent overseas. It’s time to stop stalling and join @replindasanchez.bsky.social in bringing back Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Tariff refunds are becoming a new profit center for Big Tech. Some AI companies are offering to process refund claims in exchange for up to 20% of the payouts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

From delaying access to affordable medicines to forcing the import of U.S. coal and "fast-fashion" waste, Trump‘s Indonesia deal undermines public health and climate goals. But it’s great for Big Tech.

Trump’s annual Trade Policy Agenda is due on March 1, and the timing couldn't be more embarrassing. Days after the Supreme Court nuked his authority to slap tariffs at whim, the administration is in total damage-control mode. 🔥

With the tariffs repealed, the promised benefits of the proposed trade deal have vanished for Indonesia, while the costs remain: painful concessions to Big Tech, Big Pharma, and a colonial-style resource grab.

US officials say the goal is “peace.” But the agreement says the goal is minerals. The cost? Congolese sovereignty, democratic oversight, and community livelihoods.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just blocked Trump’s “emergency” tariffs! Faking an emergency to weaponize tariffs for the benefit your corporate cronies is not how this is supposed to work. We’re glad SCOTUS is providing at least a small check on this lawless grifter president.

Imagine calling it a “partnership” when Indonesia gets: ⛔️Unsafe working conditions 💰Wages too low to buy clean drinking water 🎣Forests bulldozed and fishing grounds poisoned 👷‍♂️Forced labor and union crackdowns While the U.S. and foreign corporations rake in profits.

The Trump administration is using U.S. trade power and extreme tariffs to bully other countries into binding agreements that undermine affordable and readily available access to medicines. Experts from around the world offer an alternate vision:

The recent US-Argentina trade deal marks a new low in weaponizing trade policy for this administration. Trump is bullying other countries into adopting intellectual property rules that will line Big Pharma's pockets at our expense.

We’ve got the receipts. Big Tech is urging Trump to weaponize U.S. trade policy to advance their deregulatory agenda, all at the expense of consumers, democracy, and the public interest worldwide.

Under the guise of peace and development, a new US-DRC minerals deal hands unprecedented control over DR Congo’s resources to the US government and US corporations.

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.