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Trade and the Environment Exotic pests are sneaking into the US through "streamlined" (or nonexistent) inspections, and wreaking havoc with vulnerable ecosystems. Raw logs (and millworker jobs) are exported from our national forests in the name of liberalized trade. Unsafe fruit and vegetables are sickening our children. Multinational corporations are suing to overturn our hard-won environmental safeguards. Protections for endangered sea turtles are ruled as "trade barriers" by WTO panels meeting in secret. These are some of the consequences of our "race to the bottom" global trade framework. They all add up to one thing -- multinational corporations prospering at the expense of our environment. Global Trade's Anti-Environmental Record Pest Invaders: The Looming Menace Asian Long-Horned Beetle - Fact Sheet Sea Turtles Poisoned Workers, Poisoned Fields Photo courtesy Dan Brady Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use