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The TPP Was All but Dead, Now DC Think Tanks Are Quietly Urging Biden to Bring It Back

Former officials are practically begging Biden to revisit the controversial trade agreement, arguing that “China must be isolated.“

by Alan Macleod

As Wall Street Sinks Global Markets, China’s Economic Policies Build Independence & Immunity

China has been faced with — and continued to grow throughout — a previous U.S.-triggered global recession just under a decade ago. While the current condition of the markets is nothing like the end of 2008, there is still the same fear in the West that China is somehow on the brink of catastrophe.

As Wall Street Sinks Global Markets, China’s Economic Policies Build Independence & Immunity

BEIJING (Analysis) -- The recent economic “correction” in the U.S. markets, which saw stocks drop back down from

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James Carey

James Carey

James Carey is journalist and editor at Geopolitics Alert. He specializes in Middle East and Asian affairs.

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BREAKING: White House Abandons TPP & TTIP

There are advantages and disadvantages with the TPP. But if Trump has his way, there won’t be any TPP nor TTIP.

BREAKING: White House Abandons TPP & TTIP

President Barack Obama will soon leave office, marking the end of his presidency in the United States. For him, a last step in the right direction would have been to see the country’s lawmakers approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), providing the United States with an unrestricted access to the markets of Pacific-rim nations. The TPP is a

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Leaked Deutsche Bank Speech Shows Clinton Asking Wall Street To Police Itself, Supporting US Pivot To Asia

Clinton’s October 2014 speech to Deutsche Bank was leaked as part of WikiLeaks’ archive of John Podesta’s Gmail account, revealing more of the nominee’s agenda for the financial sector and global affairs.

Leaked Deutsche Bank Speech Shows Clinton Asking Wall Street To Police Itself, Supporting US Pivot To Asia

  MINNEAPOLIS --- With just days to go before the election, a two-year-old speech to a prominent global bank provides new insight into Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s possible agenda if she takes control of the White House. Clinton delivered the speech on Oct. 7, 2014 to

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Leaked: ‘New TTIP’ Could Undermine Global Action On Climate Change

Unlike global trade deals global climate agreements currently have no enforcement mechanism.

Leaked: ‘New TTIP’ Could Undermine Global Action On Climate Change

A globe-spanning but little-known trade deal could be used to lock-in low environmental standards and undermine national efforts to tackle climate change, according to an Energydesk analysis of newly leaked documents. Greenpeace Netherlands has obtained and published key chapters of The Trade in Services

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Obama Scrambles To Pass TPP As Corporate Tribunals Face Scrutiny

Though opposition to TPP has typically focused on the threat of losing American jobs, another concern is coming front and center: loss of sovereignty through a byzantine process known as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).

Obama Scrambles To Pass TPP As Corporate Tribunals Face Scrutiny

Originally published at Shadowproof. With opposition mounting, President Barack Obama is scrambling to jam the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal through Congress before his term ends in 2017. Both major party presidential

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Bernie Sanders Calls On Top Dems To Drop Lame Duck TPP Push

TPP “will cost American jobs, harm the environment, increase the cost of prescription drugs, and threaten our ability to protect public health”

Bernie Sanders Calls On Top Dems To Drop Lame Duck TPP Push

Hillary Clinton may not have heeded progressives' call to clearly say she'll urge the White House and her fellow party members to oppose a "lame-duck" vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but Sen.

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