EXPOSE THE TPP: What the heck is the Trans-Pacific Partnership? - TopicsExpress



          

EXPOSE THE TPP: What the heck is the Trans-Pacific Partnership? And why you should care? The Trans-Pacific Partnership n. 1. A "free trade" agreement that would set rules on non-trade matters such as food safety, internet freedom, medicine costs, financial regulation, and the environment. 2. A binding international governance system that would require the USA, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and any other signatory to conform their domestic policies to its rules. 3. A secret trade negotiation that has included over 600 official corporate "trade advisors" while hiding the text from Congress, state legislators, the press, civil society, and the public.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 23:11:36 +0000

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