The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) threat by Peter Whish-Wilson MP. From the NSW Greens quarterly Green Voice The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the biggest trade deal in Australia’s history and has been negotiated in total secrecy. Few people have had access to the draft agreement. Large corporations have been able to see portions…
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership : A Free Trade Agreement?
21.06.2015 Author: James ONeill New Eastern Outlook The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) currently nearing its final stages of negotiation purports to be about increasing trade and economic co-operation among its twelve negotiating parties. These twelve countries include the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Significantly, it does not include China. The agreement is being…
The TTP [TPP] and TTIP Trade Agreements: “A Dystopian Future in which Corporations Rather Than Elected Governments Call the Shots”
By Eric Zuesse Global Research, May 06, 2015 The Obama-proposed international-trade deals, if passed into law, will lead to “a dystopian future in which corporations and not democratically elected governments call the shots,” says Alfred De Zayas, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order. These two mammoth trade-pacts, one…