BlueGreen Alliance | Trade

Manufacturing and Industrial Policy

Trade

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A founding principle of the BlueGreen Alliance is support for a just trade policy for the 21st century that promotes growth and prosperity across all sectors of the global society—not just for multinational corporations and a few elites.

The Challenge

We can only achieve a prosperous and fair clean economy if our international trade and climate agreements raise standards for workers, consumers, and the environment. 

The Opportunity

A founding principle of the BlueGreen Alliance is support for a just trade policy for the 21st century that promotes growth and prosperity across all sectors of the global society—not just for multinational corporations and a few elites. These policies should embed enforceable labor, environmental, and human rights standards in our trade agreements. 

Through an open, public process, the United States can partner with other nations in mutually beneficial trade and climate agreements that are fair, protect workers’ rights and jobs, safeguard the environment; ensure the democratic processes of sovereign nations are not overturned by unelected bodies; and raise the bar for consumer and public protections in all nations that are signatories. 

Key Facts

1.4 gigatons Amount of embodied carbon in manufactured goods imported into the United States in 2018. (Source)

January 2021 In January 2021 U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken affirmed that the People’s Republic of China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs including imprisonment, torture, enforced sterilization, and persecution. (Source)

$265 Billion The U.S. already has a large and growing trade deficit with the 11 other countries in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, which reached $265.1 billion in 2014. (Source)

30D The 30D Clean Vehicle Tax Credit incentivizes manufacturers to source critical minerals from countries with which the United States has free trade agreements or invest their own resources in North American mining and battery recycling capacities. . (Source)