Lori Wallach(born 1964) is the Director of Rethink Trade at theAmerican Economic Liberties Projectand a senior advisor to the Citizens Trade Campaign.[1]She is known for her work in analyzing trade agreements and advocating for fair trade policies.[2]She has played a key role in shaping public discourse on trade issues.[3]
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| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) Wisconsin |
| Education | Wellesley College(BA) Harvard University(JD) |
Education and early career
editWallach was born in 1964 inWisconsin,and is of Jewish descent.[4]She graduated fromWellesley Collegein 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. She received herJuris Doctor(J.D.) fromHarvard Law Schoolin 1990.[5]
Wallach joinedPublic Citizen’s Litigation Group as the firstSupreme CourtAssistance Project fellow in 1990. She also foundedPublic Citizen'sGlobal Trade Watch,which she directed for 26 years.[1]Prior to her work at Public Citizen, she worked onCapitol Hill,electoral campaigns, and in television news.
Career
editWallach has over 30 years of experience in international and U.S. congressional trade issues, including involvement in trade debates such as those surroundingNAFTAand theWTOin the 1990s.[6]
She was named to "Politico’s 50" list in 2016 for her role in theTrans-Pacific Partnership(TPP) debate and has been included onWashingtonian's500 Most Influential list.[7][8]Wallach has worked on trade policy inCongress,foreign parliaments, trade negotiations, courts, government agencies, and the media.[9]
She played a key role in opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the first major U.S. trade agreement that Congress did not approve.[10]She provided analysis and raised public awareness regarding the TPP's potential impacts, including corporate influence over domestic policies, offshoring incentives, pharmaceutical monopolies, and restrictions on local procurement policies. She referred to the TPP as "NAFTAon steroids "and analyzed, exposed and elevated publicly its potential consequences.[11]In 2021, she co-authored an op-ed with economistJoseph StiglitzinThe Washington Postadvocating for the waiver of intellectual property restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines to support global vaccination efforts.
Recognition
editWallach has appeared on numerous media platforms includingMSNBC,CNN,NPR,ABC,CNBC,Fox News,PBS,Bloomberg TV,BBCandC-SPAN.[12][13][14]In addition, she has been quoted extensively in publications such asThe New York Times,The Economist,Forbes,The Washington Post,The Wall Street Journal,Financial Times,USA Today,Bloomberg,andThe National Journal.She is also a frequent contributor to theHuffington Post,Democracy Now!,andPBS.[15][16]
RepresentativeRosa DeLauropraised Wallach's "granular knowledge" and stated that Wallach is her "source of information and knowledge."[17]
Publications
edit- 1998:Mai: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the Threat to American FreedomISBN978-0-7737-5979-4[18]
- 1999:The WTO: Five Years of Reasons to Resist Corporate GlobalizationISBN978-1-58322-035-1[19]
- 2004:Whose Trade Organization?: The Comprehensive Guide to the WTOISBN978-1-56584-841-2[20]
- 2004:Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible (Anthology)ISBN978-1-57675-303-3[21]
- 2013:The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority - Updated and Expanded EditionISBN978-1-58231-052-7[22]
References
edit- ^"Washingtonpost: Live Online".washingtonpost.RetrievedFebruary 2,2024.
- ^"Commanding Heights: Lori Wallach | on PBS".pbs.org.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^Stockman, Farah (2024) [Jan. 16]."Why This Unlikely Washington Friendship Endures".The New York Times.
- ^"Harvard Alumnus Profile".Harvard Law Bulletin.RetrievedMay 27,2014.
- ^Kelley, Margie."Dangerous liaisons?".Harvard Law School.RetrievedFebruary 2,2024.
- ^"Lori Wallach and Gary Hufbauer on NAFTA | C-SPAN.org".c-span.org.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^"#12: Michael Froman & Lori Wallach - The POLITICO 50".POLITICO Magazine.RetrievedFebruary 2,2024.
- ^"Washington DC's 500 Most Influential People".May 3, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^Davis, Bob (1998)."Activist Teams-Up With Labor To Fight Free Trade and the IMF".Wall Street Journal.
- ^"Why Is This Happening? Fighting over trade wars with Lori Wallach".NBC News.January 15, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^Wallach, Lori (June 27, 2012)."NAFTA on Steroids".ISSN0027-8378.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^"Trading our future?".MSNBC.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^Stiglitz, Joseph; Wallach, Lori (November 30, 2021)."The pandemic will continue to rage as long as the WTO keeps bickering over vaccine rules | CNN Business".CNN.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^"Coup d'Etat to Trade Seen in Billionaire Toxic Lead Fight".Bloomberg.May 10, 2013.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^"Bill Moyers Journal. LORI WALLACH | PBS".pbs.org.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^"Shows featuring Lori Wallach".Democracy Now!.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^Weisman, Jonathan (2015) [April 27th]."Trans-Pacific Partnership Puts Harvard Law School Rivals on Opposite Sides, Again".The New York Times.
- ^"Mai: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the Threat to American Freedom by Lori Wallach, Tony Clarke".app.thestorygraph.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^bibliopolis."The Wto: Five Years of Reasons to Resist Corporate Globalization Open Media Pamphlet Series by MICHELLE SFORZA LORI WALLACH on A Cappella Books".A Cappella Books.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^"Whose Trade Organization?".The New Press.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
- ^"From Berrett Koehler Publishers: Alternatives to Economic Globalization".Berrett-Koehler Publishers.July 6, 2017.
- ^"The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority".Archived fromthe originalon March 23, 2010.RetrievedMarch 18,2020.