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Transpacific Partnership
United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk is this week in Singapore conducting trade negoations on behalf of President Obama. These Uber secret meetings have been occuring since 2002 with US participation since 2010.
Anti-globalization advocates accuse the TPP of going far beyond the realm of tariff reduction and trade promotion, granting unprecedented power to corporations and infringing upon consumer, labor, and environmental interests
One widely republished article claims the TPP is "a wish list of the 1%" and that "of the 26 chapters under negotiation, only a few have to do directly with trade. The other chapters enshrine new rights and privileges for major corporations while weakening the power of nation states to oppose them
USTR Kirk has been challenged by many to make the details of the meeting public and accused of lack of transparency and that the US citizens should be kept informed of US trade negotiations.
Do we the citizens have a right to know what is being proposed?
What do we know ....
edward long 100+
Robert Winner 50+
I always enjoy the briefings outside of the senate chambers with a classified sign in the background when the senator tells what they were discussing.
Remember ... this is the most transparent administration ever ... Obama promised it would be.
Thanks for the reply.
edward long 100+
Ken brown 30+
Your country is the Carrot that these multinationals are dangling in front of us smaller nations. I'm all for free trade and would like to see American made in our shops, just to break the monotony but not at the cost of the medicine we source far more cheaply than what Big Pharma wants us to use or adhering to another countries copyright and patent laws.
The TPP will affect everyone and it will affect the net as well, it's a bad deal, a very bad deal. Only a small few will benefit, not the overall business community of the 21 countries involved, there will be no trickle down effect at all.
Robert Winner 50+
pat gilbert 50+
Robert Winner 50+
In the NAFTA agreement it related to tariffs and Intellectual property.
It is so secret that as far as I can tell from the articles only Obama, Kirk, and the participating countries even kinow what it says. One article said there was a leak some time back and that is where the note about the 1%ers dream come true came from.
Pat ... I am really lost on this one. Another secret agenda in what was promised to be the most transparent administration ever ..... wish that was funny. Bob.
pat gilbert 50+
I just have a hard time believing that psychotics like Soros do much long term planning or do much team work.
edward long 100+
Robert Winner 50+
Years ago it was always follow for a woman to bring the mighty down ... now it is follow the money / investments. Yeah your probally right Soros is probally involved. Wonder if his Soros Investment Fund would give any clues.
Nancy Polsi will probally give it away by a one off large investment ..... again.
pat gilbert 50+
pat gilbert 50+
Robert Winner 50+
Since congress has the authority to classify information ... it would take it out of the freedom of information act.
I am not saying that all of Congress is dirty ... however having access to that information and the ability to cash in on it through stocks, bonds, lobbying, contractors, etc .. the list goes on ... is always present.
We really need to reel in this elite crap that congress enjoys including all of the bennies and perks. I was under the impression they worked for us and that representing us was a service.
pat gilbert 50+
As pointed out in a past thread Lincoln himself pulled this crap.