TPP

Secret Trade Memo Calls For More Fracking and Offshore Drilling

May 20, 2014 Kate Sheppard and Zach Carter, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! Fracking, Free Trade Agreements, TPP, TTIP

The European Union is pressing the Obama administration to expand U.S. fracking, offshore oil drilling and natural gas exploration under the terms of a secret negotiation text obtained by The Huffington Post. The controversial document is an early draft of energy policies that EU negotiators hope to see adopted under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade deal, which is currently being negotiated. The text was shared with American officials in September. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative declined to comment on the document. Environmental groups fear the broad language proposed for the deal would eliminate key restrictions on the export of crude oil and natural gas, fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. The document marks the first major bone of contention in the EU deal, amid an outcry from environmentalists over leaked terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a separate pact that the U.S. and 11 Pacific nations are also negotiating. "Exports of energy goods to the other Party shall be deemed automatically to comply with any conditions and tests foreseen in the Parties’ respective legislation for the granting of export licenses," the memo reads, defining "energy goods" as "coal, crude oil, oil products, natural gas, whether liquefied or not, and electrical energy." The U.S. government treats trade negotiation texts as classified information. Previous leaks concerning the EU deal have focused on lighter topics, including whether American cheesemakers can call their products "feta" or "parmesan."

Progressives Unite In Call Against ‘Horrific’ TPP

May 9, 2014 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! Congress, Fair Trade, Free Trade Agreements, TPP

Braving thunder and rain, hundreds of protesters rallied outside of the Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesdayto declare to the government that "the entire progressive movement is united" in the call to reject unjust trade deals and embrace an economy for all. "They say 'Fast Track!' We Say 'Fight Back!'" the group chanted, referring to recent efforts by President Obama to push through legislation to cement the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, or TPP, without congressional deliberation. Thus far, the details of the deal have been negotiated behind closed doors, with the only information made available to the public via leaks. Under the banner "Fair Trade is Not Free," a diverse coalition of environmental organizations, good government groups, farm groups, and over a dozen unions took part in the protest, carrying umbrellas and placards, which read: "Stop Secret Trade Deals." "Let's show Congress that the entire progressive movement is united in the fight for a 21st century global economy that works for everyone," declared the Communications Workers of America (CWA), which organized the rally. The TPP has been blasted by critics for undermining labor and environmental standards, as well as the open Internet. "The TPP is a horrific thing," said Kian Frederick, national field director for Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch. "There's something for everyone to hate."

Filipinos Reject Expansion Of US Empire In Asia Pacific

April 29, 2014 Bayan USA, www.bayanusa.org Resist! Asia, Protest, TPP

We, Asian and Pacific Islanders and peace-loving people in the US, denounce the US government’s strategic plan to increase economic, political, and military intervention in the Asia-Pacific region, as part of the so-called “US Pivot to Asia”. The said pivot aims to expand and consolidate long-running US hegemony over the region, as well as quell peoples struggles for social and national liberation across the Asia-Pacific region that have historically frustrated the interests of US empire. We call for protests in April 2014, when US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines to further consolidate key allies in the region in line with its strategic economic and geopolitical agenda. We stand with the peoples of the Asia-Pacific region who for decades have been struggling for self-determination and for genuine sovereignty amidst decades of US-led neoliberal economic policies in the region.

TPP: Stop The Secrecy!

April 29, 2014 Open Media, www.stopthesecrecy.net Resist! Free Trade Agreements, TPP

The TPP is huge: It covers 40% of the global economy and will overwrite national laws affecting people around the world.3 The worst of the TPP threatens everything we care about: democracy, jobs, health, the environment, and the Internet. That's why decision-makers are meeting in Asia under extreme secrecy and pushing 'Fast Track' laws to cement the plan into place. This is no way to make decisions in the 21st century. We need to raise a loud global call to expose this dangerous secrecy now. Every voice added now will make the Stop The Secrecy petition projected on buildings in Washington D.C. bigger and brighter. We need to make it as big as possible when Obama returns to Washington on April 30th.

United States Escalates Military and Economic Domination in Asia Pacific

April 28, 2014 Podcast Asia Pacific, Asian Pivot, Obama, Philippines, TPP, United States

The focus of today’s show is President Obama’s trip to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines to build support

TPP Unraveling?

April 28, 2014 The Real News, www.therealnews.com Resist! Free Trade Agreements, TPP

We've been very successful so far in stopping the first round of fast track in Congress, and we expect that that's going to be a dead issue, because election season is upon us. The next earliest time we expect it to come up would be in a lame-duck session in November. So in the meantime what communities are doing is they're passing resolutions at the local level, at the city level, at the county level, basically saying that if the TPP is signed into law, that it's a secret agreement, you know, it's an agreement that was passed using a non-democratic, non-transparent process that will actually change our laws at the community level so that we can't know what's in our food, we can't protect our environment, we can't buy American, all these things that are really important. And so, basically, these resolutions are saying we won't obey these illegal laws if they're passed, we're going to continue to protect ourselves. So that's a very important phase. It helps people to understand that TPP affects us right at home.

National Day Of Action Against US Chamber Of Commerce

April 27, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Chamber of Commerce, Climate Justice, TPP

As a part of Earth Day to May Day 2014 the Shut the Chamber! campaign – organized by Liberty Tree together with CODE PINK!, Popular Resistance, Alliance for Democracy, the Overpass Light Brigade network, and more – held a national day of action to take on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Below is a photo gallery of the protest in Washington, DC at the national headquarters of the US Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. Chamber is notorious for blocking climate action and buying off politicians to put corporate profits ahead of people, planet and peace. Now the Chamber is trying to force through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – a secretive job-killing trade agreement that would give multinational corporate tribunals the power to overrule economic and environmental decisions made democratically at the local level. Interested in getting involved with the Global Climate Convergence? For regular updates about Earth Day to May Day 2014 and beyond click here. To see a full schedule of planned Earth Day to May Day actions (or to register your own- it's not too late!) click here.

Protesters Say ‘No’ To Asia Pivot and TPP: US Out Of Asia

April 27, 2014 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Globalization, TPP, Wars and Militarism

Video: US Out of Asia Rally, Times Square New York, April 25, 2014 As President Obama tours Asia Pacific to strengthen military alliances and promote the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Asians in New York City came together to say "No to the U.S. pivot to Asia," "US troops out of Asia," and "No to the TPPA." People are recognizing the link between the Asia Pivot where the United States is sending 60% of its Navy to Asian waters and encircling China with military bases and troops; with the TPP which is encircling China economically in a trade agreement that does not include China. This is another step in a campaign by the United States to dominate Asia and weaken China. As President Obama toured Asia he was met by protesters opposing the expansion of US empire into Asia. People are calling for US Our Of Asia in rallies, rather than seeing the US working in partnership with Asian countries people see the US trying to dominate the region and thousands are rejecting further US imperialism.

Obama’s Asian Trip Fails To Sell The TPP, Talks Stalled

April 24, 2014 CWA and Teamsters, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Globalization, TPP

As the President’s visit to Japan draws to a close, it is clear that the sales trip has failed. In this case even giving up everything you want and getting nothing back in return wasn’t enough as U.S. negotiators made clear before the trip that they were desperate to report progress of some kind, going so far as to allowing Japan to retain tariffs on rice and wheat while agreeing to cut U.S. tariffs on 99.5 percent of goods imported from Japan. The only progress made with TPP, like with the fast-track trade promotion authority needed to ram the controversial trade deal through Congress, is in building opposition to it ever being passed. Akira Amari, the top Japanese negotiator for the TPP talks, said Thursday evening that the talks with chief U.S. trade negotiator Michael Froman “have stopped for now” and were not expected to resume “straight away,” meaning there will be no breakthrough on the agreement during Obama’s visit.

Trade Struggles On Both Sides Of The Atlantic

April 24, 2014 Systemic Disorder, www.systemicdisorder.wordpress.com Organize! Free Trade Agreements, TPP

The Democratic Party has responded to the resistance against ramming through new trade agreements by giving the process a new name. “Fast-track” has been rebranded as “smart-track” and, voilà, new packaging is supposed to make us forget the rotten hulk underneath the thin veneer. Don’t be fooled. The Obama administration and its Senate enablers are nowhere near giving up on its two gigantic trade deals, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Because the stealthy “fast track” route — special rules speeding trade legislation through Congress with little opportunity for debate and no possibility of amendments — is the only way these corporate wish lists can be enacted, a “rebranding” is in order. The new chair of the U.S. Senate’s Finance Committee, Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden, earlier this month, in a speech given to apparel-industry corporate executives, announced his intention to replace the “fast track” process with a “smart track” process. That is noteworthy because the Finance Committee has responsibility in the Senate for trade legislation. It also noteworthy because Senator Wyden has voted to approve the last five U.S. “free trade” agreements, going back to 2005.

Elites Discover So-Called ‘Free Trade’ Is Killing Economy, Middle Class

April 23, 2014 Dave Johnson, www.crooksandliars.com Educate! Free Trade Agreements, TPP

The New York Times editorial board finally gets it right about trade in its Sunday editorial, "This Time, Get Global Trade Right." Some excerpts: Many Americans have watched their neighbors lose good-paying jobs as their employers sent their livelihoods to China. Over the last 20 years, the United States has lost nearly five million manufacturing jobs. People in the Midwest, the "rust belt" and elsewhere noticed this a long time ago as people were laid off, "the plant" closed, the downtowns slowly boarded up and the rest of us felt pressure on wages and working hours. How many towns -- entire regions of the country -- are like this now? Have you even seen Detroit? "This page has long argued that removing barriers to trade benefits the economy and consumers, and some of those gains can be used to help the minority of people who lose their jobs because of increased imports," the editors write. "But those gains have not been as widespread as we hoped, and they have not been adequate to assist those who were harmed."

Asia-Pacific Voices Protest TPP and US Corporate Colonialism

April 23, 2014 Sarah Lazare, www.commondreams.org Resist! Asia, Protest, TPP

As President Barack Obama prepares to embark on his fifth visit to the Asia-Pacific region, grassroots protests against U.S. efforts to ram through the Trans-Pacific trade deal and the U.S. military pivot to Asia are mounting on both sides of the Pacific. "People are saying we don't want more U.S. militarization in our countries," said Rhonda Ramiro, Vice Chair of BAYAN-USA—an alliance of Filipino organizations in the U.S.—in an interview with Common Dreams. "This is about U.S. military power and economic domination." In the coming days, protests against the TPP and U.S. military pivot will sweep U.S. embassies in Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, with more actions slated for the "weeks and months to come," said Ramiro. Channel News Asia reports that in Tokyo, where Obama will land Wednesday, protests against the TPP by workers, farmers, and community groups are already heating up.

Spring Campaign To STOP Fast Track — April 22nd To May 7th

April 18, 2014 Flush the TPP, www.flushthetpp.org Resist! Protest, TPP

Spring is here, and with it comes a new campaign to hold the U.S. government accountable for its support of corporate colonialism. We’re joining allies across the U.S. and across the world to change the narrative around President Obama’s upcoming trip to Asia, during which he’ll work to finalize the TPP. Our action has helped to hold off Fast Track for now, but Obama’s visit proves that the Administration and “free trade” proponents won’t stop pushing their corporate agenda – and we can’t stop pushing against it. Help keep up the momentum for trade that puts people and the planet before profit! Check out the details of the call to action below, and join in any way that works for you. If you’ve got a local rally or event planned, be sure to let us know atstopfasttrack@flushthetpp.org.

Senator Wyden Starts Round II As He Pushes TPP

April 13, 2014 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.alternet.org Educate! Finance and the Economy, Globalization, TPP

We knew that efforts to rig global trade in the favor of trans-national corporations would not stop there. The movement of movements that stopped the first version of fast track has been preparing for the next stage. The new chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), made a speech this week announcing that he was working to introduce a new version of trade promotion authority that he is propagandistically calling “smart-track,” but which sounds more like fast track in sheep’s clothing. Wyden was vague on the details, but this far into the process any fast track bill being pushed will still rig trade in favor of transnational corporations. Pushing for any form of fast track to get the unpopular Trans Pacific Partnership through Congress is a suicidal political move in an election year. The TPP is kept secret because it is unpopular, why assist the passage of something so unpopular -- an agreement that will undermine jobs and income for most Americans, expand the wealth divide and increase the trade deficit. Already people are predicting the Democrats may lose their majority in the senate. Wyden's pushing ahead on fast track for the TPP is a sure way to turn off the Democratic base and demonstrate once again the Republican-lite nature of today's Democratic Party.

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