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Tag: TPP

The first 100 days of a Trump presidency

It remains to be seen how much of this plan will be realized and how much was just campaign rhetoric.

How Bernie Sanders supporters are organizing to stop the TPP

As Obama gears up for a lame-duck push on the TPP, activists target U.S. House members at home.

Truth: The first casuality in trade debates

There is a lot of money at stake in getting Congress to approve the deal and they have no intention of letting the truth get in the way.

Why is Washington still pushing the trans-pacific partnership?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) embodies the stacked deck. It was negotiated in secret of, by and for the global corporations.

Chief Obama trade negotiator: “We can get the votes” for TPP

“I don’t see how anyone could believe there was integrity in this process.”

Report Warns TPP Will Force Another Mass-Migration Into US

“Look around the rain-fed corn farms in Oaxaca state, and in vast areas of Mexico, and one sees few young men, just elderly people and single mothers.”

The TPP and Free Trade: Time to Retake the English Language

The TPP is not about free trade.

As Congress Prepares for TPP Fight, Another Trade Deal Nears Completion

Sweeping multilateral free trade deals have become a hot button issue in the ongoing US presidential election.

Trump, Clinton, Obama and the TPP

The strong American popular opposition to the TPP, the Brexit vote and other recent developments in the West suggest growing rejection of the myth that national public and corporate elite interests are identical.

The National Security Case for a TPP Lame Duck Vote: Not!

When Congress meets for its lame-duck session after the elections, it should resist pressure to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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‘Surveillance humanitarianism’: As Gaza starves, US-Israeli plan would further weaponize food

With hundreds of trucks with lifesaving aid waiting at the border, many of Gaza’s kitchens have closed, and Palestinians face mass starvation as rations run low.