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WTO Ruling on Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Illustrates Supremacy of Trade Agreements
WTO Ruling on Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling Illustrates Supremacy of Trade Agreements International trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) need to be carefully examined piece by piece because they can take precedence over a country’s own laws. Case in point: the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday ruled that dolphin-safe tuna labeling rules — required […]
Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture
Ultimate Weapon in Existential Struggle: Using the TPP for Hostile Takeover of Mexican Agriculture Resisting Monsanto, the world’s largest, most influential GMO giant, is an almost impossible task. The corporation boasts more back channels and revolving doors with national governments and regulators than just about any other company on the planet, not to mention a […]
Joseph Stiglitz on Canada’s Housing Inequality: ‘It’s Very Disturbing’
Joseph Stiglitz on Canada’s Housing Inequality: ‘It’s Very Disturbing’ Ex-World Bank top economist talks unaffordability, the TPP, and being a fiscal ‘black sheep.’ Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, is the third-most cited economist in the world, according to Research Papers in Economics. Photo by David P. Ball. Skyrocketing housing […]
Pacific Trade Deal Will Test Trudeau’s Resolve
Pacific Trade Deal Will Test Trudeau’s Resolve As chorus of critics sound alarm, this is PM’s chance to show us he’s listening. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau renewed his promise to listen to labour’s TPP concerns this week. Justin Trudeau has proven to be much more bold in his first couple of weeks than almost anyone […]
Former BlackBerry Chief on TPP: ‘We’ve Been Outfoxed’
Former BlackBerry Chief on TPP: ‘We’ve Been Outfoxed’ Jim Balsillie says treaty could cost Canada billions and become our worst-ever policy move. Canada’s innovation sector could suffer billions in losses if the Trans-Pacific Partnership is ratified, warns Jim Balsillie, former co-chief executive of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion Ltd. Jim Balsillie warns that provisions tucked into […]
Breaking: Trans-Pacific Partnership Ignores Climate, Asks Countries to Volunteer to Protect the Environment
Breaking: Trans-Pacific Partnership Ignores Climate, Asks Countries to Volunteer to Protect the Environment In March, the White House was touting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on its blog stating: “Through TPP, the Obama administration is doubling down on its commitment to use every tool possible to address the most pressing environmental challenges.” Reviewing the environment section of the just-released TPP, one […]
The TPP: An Attack on the Internet
The TPP: An Attack on the Internet The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, initialed by the delegations of the 12 participating countries in early October, is one of the most talked-about mysteries of our time. The moment the treaty was announced, there was a tidal wave of commentary and criticism: most of it based on previous versions, […]
Europe Secretly Starts Imposing TTIP Despite the Public’s Overwhelming Opposition
Europe Secretly Starts Imposing TTIP Despite the Public’s Overwhelming Opposition The terms of Obama’s proposed TPP ‘trade’ treaty with Asian countries won’t be made public until the treaty has already been in force for at least four years. The terms of Obama’s proposed TISA (Trade In Services Agreement) with 52 nations won’t be made public until […]
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 […]
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 […]
Where the TPP Could Lose
Where the TPP Could Lose After years of secret negotiations and silence in the media, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has risen to headline news. Now that Congress has voted to give President Obama “fast-track” trade promotion authority to push the deal through the House and Senate with limited debate and no amendments, efforts to finalize the agreement […]
Rejecting TPP a Matter of Human Rights
Rejecting TPP a Matter of Human Rights Trade deal would put Canada in consort with nation plagued by trafficking, aggressive corps Forget about the dairy farms and supply management. The real reasons Canada should withdraw from its unseemly flirtation with the Pacific Rim trade deal are that it would formalize a trade relationship with a […]
Federal election 2015: Choosing the best negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Federal election 2015: Choosing the best negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership As politicians score point with loaded sound bites, does it matter if they avoid details? “You can’t have a debate on such a key issue as the modernization of social programs in 47 days,” Conservative Leader Kim Campbell said during her unsuccessful 1993 election campaign. […]
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks peak as Canada eyes election timing
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks peak as Canada eyes election timing ‘It’s hard to put out a press release during an election, let alone a 21st century trade agreement’ Pity Ed Fast’s campaign manager in Abbotsford, B.C. While most MPs running for re-election are focused on campaigning, Stephen Harper’s trade minister is in Maui, Hawaii, this […]
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs
TPP Deal Puts BC’s Privacy Laws in the Crosshairs If negotiators get their way, data could more freely flow across borders. British Columbia’s privacy laws are in the crosshairs of the nearly completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. If you’re wondering what the heck data privacy protections have to do with trade, you’re not alone. Public […]
