Daniel Rangel

Rethink Trade Research Director @econliberties | Trade and investment policy plus digital issues 🌎 labor rights in 🇲🇽 colombiano 🇨🇴 | Views my own

[Daniel Rangel @DanielRangelJ]

New policy brief from me. People assume protecting labor rights through trade deals is a developed country agenda. Yet there’s a rich history of Latin America standing up for workers in international forums. In this paper I explore it and make a case for recovering this tradition

[CAROLA Georgetown Law @GtownCAROLA]

📢 NEW LAPEG Policy Brief: Explore how the USMCA’s Rapid Response Mechanism is revolutionizing labor enforcement and reshaping the trade agenda. Discover its transformative potential! Read more: https://t.co/rRibL0lmo4

#LAPEG #LaborRights #TradePolicy 🌎📄

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

I don't want to overstate its effect, but the principle behind AB 325 is immense.

As tech platforms find new ways to control our economy from the top down - our access to food, healthcare, housing, and information - AB 325 chooses a bottom-up approach to restructuring society.

[Voz Laboral @VozLaboralMx]

🧵1/
¿Sabías que camioneros mexicanos que cruzan mercancía para Hyundai fueron despedidos por intentar organizarse?
Ayer, EE.UU. solicitó a México investigar posibles violaciones a sus derechos laborales.
Es la 38ª vez que se activa el Mecanismo Laboral del T-MEC.
Te contamos:
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[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

🚨TODAY at 1:30 ET: Join @WallachLori and @DanielRangelJ as they launch a new @RethinkTrade report on Big Tech's "digital trade" data heist alongside @ChrisMurphyCT.

This is a trade issue that will affect all of us--don't miss it!
https://t.co/4tX39n1Lf8

[Kyle Wiens @kwiens]

Big milestone: all 50 states have introduced Right to Repair legislation.

[Mateo Hoyos @mathoyos]

La tarea sigue pendiente en la revisión del TLC de Colombia con EE.UU. Artículo de @DanielRangelJ sobre la supuesta renegociación reciente del TLC, medida en realidad muy insuficiente. Muy recomendado.
https://t.co/ol8IZ0VXMw

[Daniel Rangel @DanielRangelJ]

Thanks @afronomicslaw for sharing our thoughts on the US-Kenya trade negotiations. Here we have a great opportunity to use trade policy for good, but this would only happen if negotiators ambitiously devise tools to hold corporations accountable when they violate rights.

[Afronomicslaw @afronomicslaw]

“However, whether the ICT boom will lead to equitable development and good jobs for Kenyans is an open question. There are concerning signs that indicate tech companies’ intent to undercut Kenyan workers and promote a global race to the bottom in the tech sector.” -

@RethinkTrade
@DanielRangelJ
@WallachLori

https://t.co/rBWmjC1WC0

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

Boom. The Justice Department is seeking "structural remedies," e.g., potential breakup of Google, including Android, Chrome, and the Play Store.

But that's not all. It's a sweeping framework to match the sweeping effect of Google's monopoly. 🧵

[Rethink Trade @RethinkTrade]

🚨 New Podcast Alert! 🚨

Did you know Big Tech’s "digital trade" agenda could threaten over 100 state laws on AI, privacy, and kids' online safety? Learn more in our latest episode of Rethinking Trade with @DanielRangelJ and @katie_hettinga.

🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/hSr9YDd0LZ

[Global Trade Watch @PCGTW]

In 2007, Mexico refused to grant a permit for a hazardous waste facility near a UNESCO World Heritage site and vital Indigenous land.

Then, the European company behind the controversial project sued via ISDS and won $40 million from Mexican taxpayers.

[Daniel Rangel @DanielRangelJ]

@RobAtkinsonITIF I wish people stopped thinking of Africa and other developing regions as places to be dominated.

[Daniel Rangel @DanielRangelJ]

At a congressional hearing on digital trade, @RobAtkinsonITIF just said the quiet part out loud: "We need to think about Africa like a battleground, similar to how we thought about it in the Cold War." Really, Robert? Should the US play kingmaker in Congo, Angola, Ethiopia, etc.?

[Daniel Rangel @DanielRangelJ]

Leaving aside the neocolonial faux-pas, this makes it clear: Big tech's digital trade goals are first to entrench large tech companies dominance and second related to geopolitical competition between great powers. This is not about helping SMEs or bridging the digital divide.

[Pat_Garofalo @Pat_Garofalo]

Really important piece here from @DanielRangelJ and @katie_hettinga on how bad federal trade rules could foil state-based efforts to rein in big tech corporations https://t.co/kNoh4RSZUd

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

As @DanielRangelJ says: "Policymakers must work to prevent state and federal tech laws—including those already on the books—from being undercut by this international preemption strategy.”

His full statement from this morning 👇
https://t.co/PPgJ2zJAF6

[Rethink Trade @RethinkTrade]

Out today: Rethink Trade's Daniel Rangel (@DanielRangelJ) and Katie Hettinga (@katie_hettinga) have a new op-ed in @GOVERNING, explaining their new interactive state policy tracker: https://t.co/IupcBNbQLe

Learn how Big Tech's "digital trade" agenda threatens the tech policy goals of states.

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

🚨BIG: @RethinkTrade is out with a NEW online tracker revealing that 100+ state level tech bills could be jeopardized by Big Tech's sneaky "digital trade" push.

As seen in Morning Tech -- check out the full tracker here👇
https://t.co/EUYEkTgPkU

[Daniel Rangel @DanielRangelJ]

Today, I had the honor of discussing whether digital trade negotiations at the WTO will lead to inclusive trade and societies with the Nigerian and Indonesian delegates and civil society experts. Short answer: Not yet, but we can fight for a fairer digital future #WTOPublicForum

[IAM Union @IAM_Union]

@AFLCIO "Free trade is a brand, not a policy"

@RethinkTrade's @WallachLori unpacks the rules of trade policies and the importance of adopting a worker-centered trade agenda. #IAM2024

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

🚨BREAKING: @JusticeATR and AAG Jonathan Kanter just won the biggest antitrust case of the 21st century.

A judge ruled Google an illegal monopolist for spending tens of billions on default search deals.

Tremendous win for consumers, innovation, and the entire tech industry.