by Dave Johnson | Jun 22, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said she opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). But she has also said she will not lobby members of Congress to vote against it. Meanwhile, President Obama continues to push for a vote on TPP in the...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the United States "We the People" are supposed to have a say in how we are governed, right? So shouldn't we have a say in how we are governed? President Obama, Wall Street and the giant, multinational corporations are pushing – and pushing hard – for a vote in...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
“Working people everywhere have had enough. The TPP is nothing short of a corporate takeover of our democracy. That’s why people are rising up to stop it. Corporate lobbyists want to sneak the TPP through Congress quietly; that means it’s time for us to get loud.” --...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
There is a clause in many "free-trade" agreements allowing corporations to sue governments in corporate courts for passing laws, regulating and other things that might limit their profits. Never mind if the people of a country want to do something to make their own...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 10, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
After having stated she is against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and opposes a lame-duck vote on that agreement after the election, President Obama on Thursday endorsed his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, in her bid for the presidency. Then the...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
This week more than 450 organizations joined to ask Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) because of provisions that would allow corporations to sue governments over laws and regulations that might restrict their profits. The groups are concerned that...
