Considering this comes from a well-educated Malaysian ... very interesting ... and sobering. Author notes "issues have emerged as a result of leaks since no officially sanctioned draft has been presented to the public." "The negotiations -- the 18th round to be held in Kota Kinabalu on Monday -- are shrouded in secrecy though representatives of major corporations such as Monsanto, Walmart, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, Cargill, Exxon-Mobil, and Chevron, among others ... ... One of the issues that have caused grave concern is a set of rules in the TPP which apparently would empower foreign corporations to bypass domestic laws and courts and challenge government policies and regulations aimed at protecting public interests via tribunals linked to the World Bank and the United Nations. If this is true, it would be an affront to national sovereignty." nst.my/opinion/columnist/tread-carefully-on-tpp-path-1.315596
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 03:00:36 +0000
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