Welcome to the homepage of TradeJustice New York Metro's chapter for the 5th Congressional district of New York. Our group works to stop the passage of free trade agreements that undermine democracy, offshore jobs, undermine health, safety, animal welfare, and environmental regulations, contribute to human rights abuses, replace family farms with industrial scale factory farms and genetically modified foods, prevent needed regulations on the banking industry, and limit internet freedom and access to lifesaving generic drugs by expanding corporate intellectual property rights to an absurd degree. Currently, we are focusing on stopping the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12 country free trade agreement described as "NAFTA on Steroids."

Our Congressional Representative is Scott Garrett. As Congressman for New Jersey's 5th District, Scott Garrett represents parts of Bergen, Passiac, Sussex, and Warren Counties. You can view a map of the 5th Congressional district here. We work to alert Representative Garrett's constituents to the threat posed by TPP and to encourage him to use his bully pulpit and influence among his Congressional colleagues to built resistance to a trade deal that will only advance the interests of the 1% - at the expense of the rest of us!

Want to get involved or learn more? Contact Wendie Goetz at (862)273-5721 or email sgarettconstituents @ tradejustice . net (no spaces).

Learn more about the Trans-Pacific Partnership here.

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