Secret TPP Deal Would Void Democracy

[abelenkpe]

Secret TPP Deal Would Void Democracy

http://www.labornotes.org/2013/07/secret-tpp-deal-would-void-democracy

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Congress will soon debate whether to “fast-track” a trade deal that would make job-killers like NAFTA look puny. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would give corporations the right to sue national governments if they passed any law, regulation, or court ruling interfering with a corporation’s “expected future profits.”

They could also sue over local or state laws they didn’t like. The TPP would cover 40 percent of the world’s economy.

Existing laws and regulations on food safety, environmental protection, drug prices, local contracting, and internet freedom would all be up for challenge. And the decision-makers on such suits would not be local judges and juries; they’d be affiliated with the World Bank, an institution dedicated to corporate interests.

- See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/2013/07/secret-tpp-deal-would-void-democracy#sthash.pXA9n1Xe.dpuf

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more at link

[Ed Suspicious]

1. Do they really hate America that much? Oh we'll. One step closer to the United

Federation.

[AZ Progressive]

2. Yep, and Obama's all for it

[RobertEarl]

3. Ain't gonna happen

Pie in the sky. Oh, maybe in a hundred years, if we live that long.

[ReRe]

5. RobertEarl...

... I sure hope you're right I will dance with you if the TPP goes down!

[blkmusclmachine]

4. I have seen the enemy.

And he is us.

[pampango]

6. Sherrod Brown wants to keep negotiating it, just do it right.

“The Trans-Pacific Partnership represents an opportunity for American workers and businesses to sell products and services to new markets, but the rules of the agreement will define whether the TPP begins a new era in fair trade policy,” Brown said. “In ongoing TPP negotiations, American workers and businesses must be put first and our jobs not traded away in exchange for foreign policy goals.”

http://politicalnews.me/?id=23179&pg=1&keys=TRANSPACIFIC-PARTNERSHIP-TPP-NEGOTIATIONS