February 28, 2008
Global Trade Watch director to discuss U.S. policy and the election
Thursday, March 13 at 7 p.m.
Jefferson Academic Center, Room #218
Lori Wallach, director of the non-profit organization Global Trade Watch, will present a free, public lecture titled "Trade Policy and the Presidential Campaigns, what hope for change?"
Wallach will discuss national trade policies and the United States' role in the global economy, how it is playing out in the presidential campaigns, and what the candidates' positions say about the changing debate. She will examine the political changes that have taken place in the policy debate since the Democrats took control of Congress, as well as the ongoing pursuit of bilateral agreements in the hemisphere, including the recently passed Peru Free Trade Area and pending agreement with Colombia, which President George W. Bush heavily lobbied for in his State of the Union address.
Wallach is a Harvard trained lawyer and founder of the Citizens Trade Campaign, an advocacy group that speaks for over 11 million Americans. She has appeared on networks such as CNN, ABC, CNBC, and C-SPAN. She launched Global Trade Watch in 1994 as a division of Public Citizen, a national consumer and environmental group founded in 1971. Global Trade Watch works to promote government and corporate accountability in globalization and international trade policy.
This lecture is sponsored by Clark's International Studies Stream program and Government Department. For more information, please contact 508-793-7181.
The International Studies Stream is an innovative option within Clark's Program of Liberal Studies, which offers students the opportunity to structure their broad liberal-arts education by focusing on international themes and issues.