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US On Road To Third World
US On Road To Third World On January 6, 2004, Senator Charles Schumer and I challenged the erroneous idea that jobs offshoring was free trade in a New York Times op-ed. Our article so astounded economists that within a few days Schumer and I were summoned to a Brookings Institution conference in Washington, DC, to explain our […]
No More ‘Free Trade’ Treaties: It’s Time For Genuine Free Trade
No More ‘Free Trade’ Treaties: It’s Time For Genuine Free Trade This article, by Ferghane Azihari and Louis Rouanet, originated here: https://mises.org/library/no-more-free-trade-treaties-its-time-genuine-free-trade It is erroneous to believe that free traders have been historically in favor of free trade agreements between governments. Paradoxically, the opposite is true. Curiously, many laissez-faire advocates fall into the government-made trap by supporting […]
The TPP is Supply Management
The TPP is Supply Management Despite the talk from the establishment about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is about global free trade – and therefore Canadian cows, chickens and cars can no longer be protected by supply management – the reality is, is that the TPP is supply management. It’s supply management on an international level so […]
This is How the Trade Pact Escalates the Currency War
This is How the Trade Pact Escalates the Currency War When negotiators from 12 nations and hundreds of lobbyists from around the world, after years of horse-trading, agreed on a “trade deal” on Monday – a deal that remains secret except for the sections that have been leaked – President Obama gushed that it “reflects […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Permanently Locking In The Obama Agenda For 40 Percent Of The Global Economy
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Permanently Locking In The Obama Agenda For 40 Percent Of The Global Economy We have just witnessed one of the most significant steps toward a one world economic system that we have ever seen. Negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership have been completed, and if approved it will create the largest trading bloc […]
The Trans-Pacific Free-Trade Charade
The Trans-Pacific Free-Trade Charade As negotiators and ministers from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries meet in Atlanta in an effort to finalize the details of the sweeping new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), some sober analysis is warranted. The biggest regional trade and investment agreement in history is not what it seems. You will hear […]
An ‘Austrian’ Economist’s Advice For Greece and the EU
An ‘Austrian’ Economist’s Advice For Greece and the EU For months, now, the mass media and the financial markets have anxiously watched and waited to see the outcome of a war of words, accusations, and threats that have been fought between Greece and its Eurozone and European Union partners. Over several decades Greek governments accumulated […]
“Free Trade” Run Amok: Canada Challenges U.S. Laws Reining In Banks
“Free Trade” Run Amok: Canada Challenges U.S. Laws Reining In Banks We noted in 2013 that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would let big banks run amok, and wouldincrease the cost of consumer loans. Ellen Brown asked last month: Under the TPP, could the US government be sued and be held liable if it decided to stop […]
As the Senate Prepares to Vote on “Fast Track,” Here’s a Quick Primer on the Dangers of the TPP
As the Senate Prepares to Vote on “Fast Track,” Here’s a Quick Primer on the Dangers of the TPP The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other countries. Who will benefit from the TPP? American workers? Consumers? […]
Free Trade is Plutocratic Propaganda
Free Trade is Plutocratic Propaganda With the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership dominating the headlines, now is a good time to revisit an old scam called “free trade.” In 2003, Kevin Flanagan was an information technology employee at Bank of America. They told him he was being replaced with foreign labor, and he was ordered to train his replacement. […]
‘Greater Public Scrutiny’ Needed of Secret US-EU Trade Negotiations, MPs Warn
‘Greater Public Scrutiny’ Needed of Secret US-EU Trade Negotiations, MPs Warn The debate over the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) continues to suffer from a lack of transparency, warns a reportby the UK Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Committee. The secretive nature of the negotiations between the European Union and the United States on this major free trade deal has resulted […]
Food democracy South and North: from food sovereignty to transition initiatives
Food democracy South and North: from food sovereignty to transition initiatives When the idea of food sovereignty emerged twenty years ago, from the mobilisation of campesinos in Costa Rica and from the protest marches of small farmers in the Indian state of Karnataka, it had one important lesson to teach us: policies in the areas of food […]
Canada Is Trading Away Its Environmental Rights
Canada Is Trading Away Its Environmental Rights In 1997, Canada restricted import and transfer of the gasoline additive MMT because it was a suspected neurotoxin that had already been banned in Europe. Ethyl Corp., the U.S. multinational that supplied the chemical, sued the government for $350 million under the North American Free Trade Agreement and won! Canada […]
Here’s Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Is Just Plain Wrong
Here’s Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Is Just Plain Wrong Republicans who now run Congress say they want to cooperate with President Obama, and point to the administration’s Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, as the model. The only problem is the TPP would be a disaster. If you haven’t heard much about the TPP, that’s part of the […]
Global finance and the privatization of rural livelihoods | ROAR Magazine
Global finance and the privatization of rural livelihoods | ROAR Magazine. A big piece of news for food politics enthusiasts this summer was India’s veto over a proposed agreement — to be concluded within the legal framework of the World Trade Organization — on ‘trade facilitation measures’. The agreement was meant to regulate a number […]
