815 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20006
May 29, 2016
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM (GMT-5)
Host:
AFL-CIO
The rise of the WTO and other trade agreements coincided with the rise of neoliberal economics in the West. What is the relationship between the two? What does the evidence show about the impact of neoliberal trade agreements on jobs, wages, consumer demand, monopoly power, and income inequality? Is the economic modeling used by the U.S. International Trade Commission, a good predictor of outcomes from FTAs? What is the impact of neoliberal trade deals on worker bargaining power? Does Trade Adjustment Assistance adequately compensate those harmed by U.S. trade policy? Are the rules proposed in the TPP, TTIP and TISA the right ones to advance shared prosperity?
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Thomas Palley, AFL-CIO
Rob Scott, Economic Policy Institute
Joseph Guzman, Michigan State University
Moderator: Thea Lee, AFL-CIO
