NAFTA on steroids....... Although it is called a free trade agreement, the TPP is not mainly about trade. Of TPPs 29 draft chapters, only five deal with traditional trade issues. One chapter would provide incentives to offshore jobs to low-wage countries. Many would impose limits on government policies that we rely on in our daily lives for safe food, a clean environment, and more. Our domestic federal, state and local policies would be required to comply with TPP rules. The TPP would even elevate individual foreign firms to equal status with sovereign nations, empowering them to privately enforce new rights and privileges, provided by the pact, by dragging governments to foreign tribunals to challenge public interest policies that they claim frustrate their expectations. We might want to reach our Congressional reps to vote no on fast track......
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:11:10 +0000