An American view of the TPPA a trade agreement being negotiated in secret among 12 nations, including the United States. The Obama administration, with the support of many members of both parties, claims the TPP will permit U.S. companies to compete more effectively in the global marketplace by lowering trade barriers. The reality, though, is far different. Only about a third of the agreement addresses typical trade matters. The rest is a secretive ploy to further empower multinational corporations to the detriment of the health, safety and quality of life of millions of men, women and children in the United States and other participating nations. The most shocking aspects of the TPP are: (1) the forfeiture of U.S. sovereignty; (2) the secretive negotiating process; (3) provisions that will lead to untold suffering and devastation; and (4) the dangerous “fast track” approval process. In our constitutional republic, the people are to be the source of governmental power. Our democracy depends on a government that is “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” The TPP repudiates all of that, providing that its terms — even as to matters vital to the health, safety and welfare of the people — will be the last word, regardless of what our elected representatives, and even our courts, decide. The TPP, with its own supreme tribunal, will be the ultimate arbiter, the public interest, including civil and human rights, be damned.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:28:29 +0000
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