John Cavanagh

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John Cavanagh has been the Director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC since 1998 and is a founding fellow of the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam.

Formerly an economist with UNCTAD and the WHO, he is the TNI Board of Trustee Chair and sits on the executive committees of the US-based Alliance for Responsible Trade and the Citizens' Trade Campaign. Cavanagh helped establish the International Forum on Globalisation in 1995, and has been active in the anti-NAFTA networks. He works closely with the Progressive Caucus of the US Congress and the international department of the US trade union federation, the AFL-CIO, on corporate accountability and international labour rights. He is the co-author of 10 books and numerous articles on globalisation. Cavanagh has a BA from Dartmouth College and a MA from Princeton.

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