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Faith in Big Trade Deals Keeps Crumbling
Faith in Big Trade Deals Keeps Crumbling Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of globalization? ‘Bad deal’: French trade minister Matthias Fekl said his country is likely to drop TTIP talks after leaks that US wants lower labour and environmental standards. At the height of the battle over the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement in the […]
Trade Deals and the Environmental Crisis
Trade Deals and the Environmental Crisis With the release of leaked documents from the TTIP (Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) ‘trade’ deal Greenpeace framed its conclusions more diplomatically than I will: the actions of the U.S. political leadership undertaken at the behest of American corporate ‘leaders’ and their masters in the capitalist class make it among the […]
The Dangers of Free Trade Agreements: TTIP’s Threat to Europe’s Elderly
The Dangers of Free Trade Agreements: TTIP’s Threat to Europe’s Elderly The most obvious approach to look at how European care for the elderly will evolve is to project technological trends and the costs of people living longer as diagnostic equipment, drug treatments and other medical science continues to improve. This kind of projection shows […]
A Great Awakening – Public Support for Fake “Free Trade” Deals Plunges in the U.S. and Europe
A Great Awakening – Public Support for Fake “Free Trade” Deals Plunges in the U.S. and Europe Public opposition to the sovereignty killing corporate giveaway marketed as a free trade deal known as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become so widespread that all the leading candidates for the U.S. Presidency are publicly against it. Specifically, […]
Aristocracy aren’t Satisfied; They Demand More
Aristocracy aren’t Satisfied; They Demand More A new analysis of the Obama-proposed TTIP ‘trade’ treaty, which the U.S. would have with Europe, finds that it was initiated and shaped by large international corporations, which will, also according to the only independent economic analysis that has thus far been done of TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), be […]
#StopTTIP: Tens of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin
#StopTTIP: Tens of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin Protesters from a range of political groups have gathered in central Berlin for a protest against TTIP, a trade deal between the US and the European Union, which critics believe would benefit big corporations and hurt average Europeans. Trade unions, environmental groups, charities and […]
“Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards”: The Alice in Wonderland World of Fast-tracked Secret Trade Agreements
“Sentence First, Verdict Afterwards”: The Alice in Wonderland World of Fast-tracked Secret Trade Agreements `Let the jury consider their verdict,’ the King said, for about the twentieth time that day. `No, no!’ said the Queen. `Sentence first–verdict afterwards.’ `Stuff and nonsense!’ said Alice loudly. `The idea of having the sentence first!’ `Hold your tongue!’ said the […]
Fast-track Hands the Money Monopoly to Private Banks — Permanently
Fast-track Hands the Money Monopoly to Private Banks — Permanently It is well enough that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. […]
Democracy on Hold: President of European Parliament Suspends Vote on Secretive U.S.-EU Trade Pact as Tide Turns Against It
Democracy on Hold: President of European Parliament Suspends Vote on Secretive U.S.-EU Trade Pact as Tide Turns Against It Today was supposed to be a historic day — the day when hundreds of MEPs, representing hundreds of millions of European citizens, were to finally get their say on the hugely contentious EU-US trade bill commonly known […]
Rule By The Corporations
Rule By The Corporations TTIP: The Corporate Empowerment Act The Transatlantic and Transpacific Trade and Investment Partnerships have nothing to do with free trade. “Free trade” is used as a disguise to hide the power these agreements give to corporations to use law suits to overturn sovereign laws of nations that regulate pollution, food safety, […]
The Global Trade Corporatocracy Slams into Local Resistance
The Global Trade Corporatocracy Slams into Local Resistance Not everything seems to be going according to script for the self-anointed architects of the new global order. For years lobbyists and representatives of the world’s largest corporations and banks have been meeting with government trade negotiators from Europe, North America and Asia to patch together what […]
Caving In to Corporatism: Endgame for Secret “Trade” Pact Negotiations
Caving In to Corporatism: Endgame for Secret “Trade” Pact Negotiations Two game-changing trade agreements — the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its sister pact, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) — are perilously close to completion. Their basic aims are three-fold: to elevate the rights of “investors,” that is of corporations, above the rights of […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and The Covenant of Secrecy
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and The Covenant of Secrecy The TTIP and TPPA, both sounding like ominous injections of political disaster, continue their march towards belittling, and corroding the democratic content of its participating countries. The holder of the needle remains US President Barack Obama, while the incentive is that grand fantasy that the more […]
Marriage Made in Corporatist Heaven Slams into Resistance
Marriage Made in Corporatist Heaven Slams into Resistance The new “trade” pacts aim to curtail national sovereignty. After eight rounds of secret negotiations, Washington and Brussels are still struggling to breathe life into the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). According to current European Union President, Latvia, the chances of the agreement being signed by […]
‘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 […]
