Trade Agreement Would Lock in Corporate Power

[Kristin]

Democracy Now is one of my favourite web sites. I would not only suggest a gander at this video which shows the underbelly of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement, but I would also strongly suggest that readers here bookmark this exceptional site.

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/14/breaking_08_pledge_leaked_trade_doc

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[jackovesk]

Great post Kristin, Thanks...:clap2:

Breaking '08 Pledge, Leaked Doc Shows Obama Wants to Help Corporations to form (WORLD GOVERNANCE)

A draft agreement leaked Wednesday shows the Obama administration is pushing a secretive trade agreement that could vastly expand corporate power and directly contradict a 2008 campaign promise by President Obama. A U.S. proposal for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact between the United States and eight Pacific nations would allow foreign corporations operating in the U.S. to appeal key regulations to an international tribunal. The body would have the power to override U.S. law and issue penalties for failure to comply with its ruling. We speak to Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, a fair trade group that posted the leaked documents on its website. "This isn’t just a bad trade agreement," Wallach says. "This is a 'one-percenter' power tool that could rip up our basic needs and rights."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4eZcm4ZO6o&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4eZcm4ZO6o&feature=plcp