Sign by Shirley Warren for New Paltz Women in Black in NY
We are all devastated that President Obama would be pushing a secret deal- the Trans Pacific Partnership, TPP- that would allow multinational corporations to sue our federal, state and municipal governments for passing laws that protect workers, public health and the environment. According to the TPP, that has been drafted by big corporations and their lobbyists, corporations can sue because such actions could result in lower profits for them. What kind of deal puts profits above the health of the people and the planet?
The good news is that although Fast Track of TPP passed a committee in the Senate and House, most Dems in the House Com (13 out of 15) voted against it. We can still stop this democracy and sovereign-killing deal.
I was tracking a sighting of one of our signs against TPP (above) when I found this site that does a good job of showing all the opposition to TPP that our MSM is ignoring. Thank you to Longshore & Shipping News.
Unions ready to battle against TPP trade deal
OBAMA AND GOP: The White House boasts GOP allies in pushing for the TPP, including House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. (shown here), and Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka put lawmakers on notice Tuesday that votes in favor of giving President Obama fast-track authority for a pending multilateral [...]
A police woman removes a woman protesting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Capitol Hill in Washington January 27, 2015. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Excepts from an opinion piece in the Washington Post by Senator Elizabeth Warren:
The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, [...]
From Truth-Out:
The corporate media are reporting that since the Republican leadership and President Obama support Fast Track trade authority, it is a done deal. And that message, also heard by countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is driving the race to finalize that agreement.
The truth is: Fast Track is not a done deal. [...]
Two hundred and fifty Farmers Union members from across the country are in the nation’s Capital this week telling Congress to vote against the Trans-Pacific Partnership. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke is heading up the state’s 25 member delegation. He says the current TPP under discussion doesn’t address the current trade deficit that’s [...]
The Council of Canadians, a concerned citizens’ group, is sounding the alarm over what it says is too much government secrecy on a round of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks currently being held in Ottawa.
Trade officials from the 12 TPP countries are meeting behind closed doors in Ottawa from July 3-12. It’s believed at least [...]
Japan has repeatedly said it will not eliminate tariffs on agricultural goods it considers “sacred” – dairy, rice, sugar, beef, pork, wheat and barley. The U.S. groups said Japan is demanding special treatment.
Frustrated with Japan’s unwillingness to strike a deal on U.S. ag imports under the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), several U.S. ag groups [...]
The World Health Organization has just warned about the major risks of antibiotic resistance worldwide and said that countries must take action. Countries everywhere need to change the controls on antibiotics, keeping use for serious infection. But the TPPA agreement says that can be liable to legal action if there is a loss of [...]
With more than 80 percent of the wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest being exported, it goes without saying that trade is critical for our wheat growers. Japan –the world’s largest buyer of soft white wheat — is attempting to hold on to tariffs for five ag products in the recent Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations.
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