What Is the TPP? It might as well stand for “Take Power from the People,” a Detroit postal worker said. The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been under hush-hush negotiations since 2008. It includes the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and, soon, Japan. A “docking mechanism” would allow other countries, including China, to join over time. The contents have not been made public, but are known to the 600 “corporate advisors” helping write it, such as Chevron, Halliburton, Walmart, Ford, GE, AT&T, Cargill, Pfizer, and the Semiconductor Industry Association. Some information has come to light through leaks. Like most trade agreements, the TPP is mostly not about trade but about giving corporations more rights to interfere with local laws. TPP tribunals staffed by corporate lawyers, outside the control of any government, would rule whether a country’s taxpayers must pay monetary damages to wronged corporations. Negotiations begin in July on a Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and the European Union. Stopping TPP would help derail it, too - See more at: labornotes.org/2013/07/secret-tpp-deal-would-void-democracy#sthash.iAIPHXWQ.dpuf
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:25 +0000
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