by Dave Johnson | Nov 14, 2013 | Democracy, Trans-Pacific Partnership
We the People finally get to read one chapter of the 29-chapter Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) "trade" agreement. If this agreement becomes law it will fundamentally alter the relationship between our government, other governments and giant multinational...
by Digby | Nov 14, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America, Rick Perlstein, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Sometimes gridlock is just what the doctor ordered: Tea party Republicans insist they’re in favor of free trade. They just don’t want to place a key trade negotiating power in President Barack Obama’s hands. The deep suspicion of giving the president authority to...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Giant corporations are trying to get Congress to give up its Constitutional obligation to consider and amend a trade treaty that requires our country to give up its sovereignty. Many organizations and legislators -- including many Republicans -- don't appear to be...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 30, 2013 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
You've probably been hearing warnings about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) "trade" agreement that is being negotiated. And you might have heard that the big corporations are going to push to use something called "fast track" trade promotion authority (TPA) to...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 3, 2013 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
Even as the government is shut down, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) corporate-dominance treaty rolls on. President Obama is supposed to meet with leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit next week in Bali, Indonesia. He will discuss TPP. The...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 2, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
A legislative initiative could emerge soon that could address the race to the bottom fueled by free trade agreements that is harming workers in the United States and worldwide. The idea is to penalize countries and companies that engage in "social dumping" – the act...
