Exploring the battle over TRADE AGREEMENTS with leading academics and advocates
Joseph Stiglitz, Lori Wallach, Celso Amorim, Bill McKibben, and more to lead
Rules, Rights and Resistance, a Discussion on TPP and TTIP
Friday, April 29, 2016, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at The New School in New York City and on Livestream
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The New School's Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs hosts Rules, Rights and Resistance: The Battle Over TPP and TTIP, a day-long exploration of the struggle over “trade agreements," what they portend, the resistances they have generated, and the horizons for rewriting and implementing alternative rules.
The conference is viewable via The New School's Livestream page.
A full schedule and program for the conference is available on The New School's website.
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Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University), Lori Wallach (Public Citizen), Celso Amorim (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brazil), Bill McKibben (Environmentalist and Journalist), Greg Grandin (New York University), Alan Cafruny (Hamilton College), Dean Baker (Center for Economic and Policy Research), Frank Ackerman (Synapse Energy), Sanya Reid Smith (Third World Network), Will Milberg (The New School), Amy Kapczynski (Yale Law School), William New (Intellectual Property Watch), Tom Kruse (Rockefeller Brothers Fund), Ilana Solomon (Sierra Club), and Kevin Gallagher (Boston University). The speakers are available for interviews.
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Friday, April 29, 9 a.m.-6 p.m
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The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th St.
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The event is free, but members of the media must rsvp with Scott Gargan at [email protected] or 212.229.5667 x 3794. |
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