Facing Up to the World’s Health Crises….and the TPP Would Make Matters Worse
The TPP threatens to undermine public health just as the world is on the verge of major health crises.
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Noam Chomsky: American Power Under Pressure
Seeing states as the vehicle for projecting power is dated, particularly as far as understanding America’s position is concerned.
Read more...Economics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Distributional impact
The gains and losses from TPP will be asymmetrically distributed but the gains should permit ample support for individuals adversely affected
Read more...A Simple “Trade” Solution to Boost Workers Across the Planet
There’s a progressive way to approach global trade that can help workers abroad and at home at the same time.
Read more...Gaius Publius: When Trump Talks Trade, Voters Listen
It’s easier for liberals to blame Trump voters for racism than to blame themselves for the job-loss and pain of the working class.
Read more...The TPP as a Set of International Economic Rules
An agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership has finally been reached, but the full text of the agreement has not been released yet. This column looks at the new set of rules comprising the TPP and whether it deserves to be called a ‘21st century free trade agreement’. It argues that the success or failure of the 12-country pact rests ultimately on the dispute settlement procedures.
Read more...Controversial DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Face Progressive Tim Canova In An August Primary
Oh frabjous day! Tim Canova, who is challenging the rancid Debbie Wasserman Schultz, is a really good guy.
Read more...Labor Advisory Committee Report on TPP Synthesizes Everything Wrong About the Trade Deal
By David Dayen, a lapsed blogger and author of Chain of Title, to be released May 2016. Follow him on Twitter @ddayen. The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office has been maligned for its network of Trade Advisory Committees, allegedly “independent” counsel for trade agreements. The Washington Post did the best work on the Advisory Committees back […]
Read more...Connecting American Foreign Policy to Economic Policy
Can American foreign policy be made to work better for US citizens (outside the arms industry) and the rest of the world?
Read more...The TPP And Terri Sewell, The Only Democrat Elected To Federal Office In Alabama
Democrats who voted for TPP Fast Track were not forced to do so by their conservative districts.
Read more...Japan Proves that “Fix Trade” Sales Pitch for TPP, TTIP, and TISA is Wrong
Funny how foreign firms have failed to break into Japan for reasons having nothing to do with regulatory barriers, which calls the logic of “trade” deals like the TPP into question.
Read more...Matthew Cunningham-Cook: How the TPP Will Create a Medical Privacy Hellscape
Yet another reason to oppose this truly awful, anti-people deal.
Read more...TPP’s Orwellian Definition of “Science” in its Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Chapter
TPP’s claims to be “science-based” are Orwellian, and a cover for a “Let the buyer beware” agenda.
Read more...TPP: USTR Froman’s Disinformation Continues to Propagate (And What Is the “Secret Guidance Document”?)
A close look at the TPP’s ISDS system, and the Trans-Pacific Commission, as described in the USTR FAQ, and in the text of the agreement.
Read more...Matthew Cunningham-Cook: TPP – A Recipe for Financial Market Contagion
How the TPP would make financial firms that are “TIBACO” – that is, too interconnected, big, and complex to oversee – even more dangerous.
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