Oxfam America

Trade

As trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization fail to make significant progress, the US has turned to bilateral and regional Free Trade Agreements as a means of forging new markets for US goods and services. FTAs in the Americas, Africa, and Asia could devastate millions of poor people. Oxfam is campaigning to defeat trade agreements that threaten people's rights to: livelihoods, local development, and access to medicines.

What Oxfam is Doing

Oxfam is advocating for a new trade policy, which spreads the benefits of trade in developing countries by placing development at its core. more »

What You Can Do

Real Lives

Rice Farmers Oppose DR-CAFTA in Washington
Rice Farmers Oppose DR-CAFTA in Washington
Rice farmers express their concerns to decision makers in Washington.
'An Energizing Experience'
'An Energizing Experience'
'Sharing this experience with some of the most impassioned and successful activists from across the United States refueled my own activist energy.' -- Matt Russell
G8 Pledge Just The Beginning
G8 Pledge Just The Beginning
Oxfam, ONE campaign will continue to push to Make Poverty History.