CTC was founded in 1992 to improve the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and is made up of national stakeholders, state affiliate coalitions, and over 340 local and state groups.
At both the national and local levels, CTC facilitates the formation of cross-sectoral coalitions in which diverse interests can come together to share strategy, coordinate advocacy efforts, and promote an alternative vision to the neoliberal model of globalization.
CTC National Member Organizations
CTC Affiliated State Coalitions
Arizona Fair Trade Coalition
We are united in a common belief that international trade and investment are not ends unto themselves, but instead must be viewed as a means for achieving other societal goals such as economic justice, human rights, healthy communities, and a sound environment.
CTC provides national and local organizations, grassroots trade activists, and ordinary citizens across the U.S. an effective means to have their voices heard in Congress while working at the local level to unify those voices, educate the public and press, and hold elected officials accountable to their constituencies at home.
Read background on Jim Jontz, former Congressman, CTC Director and Board Member, who pushed and perfected this model of organizing.
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