At its root, the TPP is about modern colonialism. It is the way that Western governments and their transnational corporations, including Wall Street banks, can dominate the economies of developing nations. And it’s not too late to stop it.
For those who have been actively resisting the TPP and spreading awareness about the dangers involved in this massive corporate agreement, the coming weeks may represent the final stages of that battle.
(ANTIMEDIA) On September 26, a meeting between negotiators from all 12 nations involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will commence in Atlanta, Georgia. The meeting will run through September 30, followed by two days of meetings with trade
The controversial TPP trade deal could destroy the efforts of some states to mandate labelling of foods with GMO ingredients, while a bill moving through Congress has a similar goal.
WASHINGTON --- It’s called the Safe and Accurate Food Labelling Act of 2015, or H.R. 1599, but activists and supporters of GMO labelling might know it better as the Deny Americans the Right to Know Act, or DARK Act -- a nickname it got because it would destroy state efforts to mandate GMO labelling on foods
“Slow down the fast track to get a better deal for the American people.”
WASHINGTON — The House derailed a high-profile trade bill on Friday in a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama inflicted by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and dozens of union-backed lawmakers from his own party.
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Obama is fighting both grassroots activism and opposition within his own party as he tries to force through the controversial trade deal.
LONDON --- WikiLeaks has announced a new crowdfunded “prize” for leaking chapters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a controversial trade deal, shrouded in secrecy, that Congress is expected to consider soon. Wikileaks released three other parts of the TPP, including the chapter on
Rather than building support and momentum for fast track, introduction of the fast-track bill seems to have had the opposite effect of galvanizing opposition and spurring mobilization against it.
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, right, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue prepare to testify in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Obama's bid for "fast track" authority to advance trade deals being negotiated with numerous nations. WASHINGTON
Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership—dubbed ‘NAFTA on steroids’—is receiving unprecedented popular opposition and nearly no news coverage by major outlets.
Last week, more than 550 groups, representing tens of millions of individual members, signed a letter to members of Congress urging them to vote against a push by President Obama for 'fast track' authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a so-called "free trade" now under negotation
