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Wikileaks Publishes Leak On TISA Trade Agreement

May 26, 2016 Staff, www.https://wikileaks.org/tisa/ , ,
By Staff of Wikileaks - Today, Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 11:30am CEST, WikiLeaks releases new secret documents from the huge Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) which is being negotiated by the US, EU and 22 other countries that account for 2/3rds of global GDP. This release includes a previously unknown annex to the TiSA core chapter on "State Owned Enterprises" (SOEs), which imposes unprecedented restrictions on SOEs and will force majority owned SOEs to operate like private sector businesses.

The People Against The TPP

May 19, 2016 Eleanor, www.artkillingapathy.com ,
By Eleanor for Art Killing Apathy - Today, Flush the TPP organized a rally and street theater condemning the United States International Trade Commission’s (USITC) report on the TPP. Just as the USITC reported with NAFTA and the Free Trade Agreement with Korea, their analysis of what TPP will do to and for our country is grossly off point. To counter their continued corporatized findings, activists acted out an example of how the TPP will affect climate change and environmental legislation.

Trade Deals And The Environmental Crisis

May 16, 2016 Rob Urie, www.counterpunch.org , , ,
By Rob Urie for Counter Punch - With the release of leaked documents from the TTIP (Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) ‘trade’ deal Greenpeace framed its conclusions more diplomatically than I will: the actions of the U.S. political leadership undertaken at the behest of American corporate ‘leaders’ and their masters in the capitalist class make it among the most profoundly destructive forces in human history. At a time when environmental milestones pointing to irreversible global warming are being reached on a daily basis...

TTIP Talks ‘Likely To Stop’, Signaling France Will Reject Deal

May 4, 2016 Andrew Griffin, www.independent.co.uk , ,
By Andrew Griffin for Independent - Talks over the hugely controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement could be about to fail after France threatened to block the deal. Paris officials have said negotiations between the US and EU are "likely to stop" amid significant disagreements between the two sides over the free-trade agreement. President Hollande has said he will "never accept" the deal in its current guise because of the rules it enforces on France and the rest of Europe

Leaked TTIP Documents Cast Doubt On EU-US Trade Deal

May 4, 2016 Arthur Neslen, www.theguardian.com , , ,
By Arthur Neslen for The Guardian - Talks for a free trade deal between Europe and the US face a serious impasse with “irreconcilable” differences in some areas, according to leaked negotiating texts. The two sides are also at odds over US demands that would require the EU to break promises it has made on environmental protection. President Obama said last week he was confident a deal could be reached. But the leaked negotiating drafts and internal positions, which were obtained by Greenpeace and seen by the Guardian, paint a very different picture.

Free-Trade Opposition Unites Political Parties In Bloomberg Poll

April 2, 2016 John McCormick and Terrence Dopp, www.bloomberg.com , , ,
By John McCormick and Terrence Dopp for Bloomberg - Opposition to free trade is a unifying concept even in a deeply divided electorate, with almost two-thirds of Americans favoring more restrictions on imported goods instead of fewer. The latest Bloomberg Politics national poll shows the issue unites the country like few others, across lines of politics, race, gender, education, and income. A stunning rejection of what was a postwar cornerstone of American economic and foreign policies reverberates again and again in the answers to the poll’s questions.

From TPP To TTIP: Clues To New Food Trade Rules

March 28, 2016 Karen Hansen-Kuhn, www.iatp.org , , ,
By Karen Hansen-Kuhn for IATP - While civil society groups around the world raise a variety of concerns about the substance of free trade agreements, for the most part their criticisms begin with the lack of transparency. Instead of a robust public debate on the merits of the issues under negotiation, civil society groups are forced to rely on bits of leaked text or the evidence of past trade agreements to guess at what might be under negotiation. In the U.S., members of Trade Advisory Committees (which are heavily dominated by corporate advisors) have greater access, but are sworn to secrecy.

TTIP: Big Business And US To Have Major Say In EU Trade Deals

March 19, 2016 Paul Gallagher, www.independent.co.uk , ,
By Paul Gallagher for Independent - The European Commission will be obliged to consult with US authorities before adopting new legislative proposals following passage of a controversial series of trade negotiations being carried out mostly in secret. A leaked document obtained by campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and the Independent from the ongoing EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations reveals the unelected Commission will have authority to decide in which areas there should be cooperation with the US – leaving EU member states and the European Parliament further sidelined.

New Study Confirms: Private ‘Trade’ Courts Serve Ultra-Wealthy

March 2, 2016 Richard (RJ) Eskow, www.tedglick.com , ,
By Richard (RJ) Eskow for The Huffington Post - A new study confirms what many activists have suspected for a long time: The private courts set up by international "trade" deals heavily favor billionaires and giant corporations, and they do so at the expense of governments and people. Smaller companies and less-wealthy individuals don't benefit nearly as much from these private courts as the extremely rich and powerful do. Other interested parties - whether they're governments, children, working people, or the planet itself - are unable to benefit from these private courts at all.

EU Promised ExxonMobil TTIP Would Erase Enviro Obstacles

February 25, 2016 Arthur Neslen, www.theguardian.com , , ,
By Arthur Neslen for The Guardian - The European Union’s trade commissioner told the multinational oil company ExxonMobil that a major free trade deal being negotiated with the US would help remove obstacles to fossil fuel development in Africa and South America, documents obtained by the Guardian reveal. At a meeting in Brussels in October 2013, Karel de Gucht told the firm that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could address its concerns about regulations in developing countries that restrict the company’s activities.

Five Reasons Why The TTIP Talks Are Looking A Bit Wobbly

February 23, 2016 Guy Taylor, www.globaljustice.org.uk ,
By Guy Taylor for Global Justice Now - The twelfth round of negotiations for TTIP, the biggest trade deal of them all, starts today in Brussels. The impacts of TTIP are disturbing and well documented elsewhere on this site, but we are seeing signs of panic setting in on the pro-TTIP side of the fence. They’re right to panic. 1) TTIP is hugely behind schedule. It should have been signed off by now, and well into the ‘legal scrubbing’ stage where the lawyers tie up the legal loose ends and smooth of the rough edges. These negotiations are not open ended...

TTIP Negotiations Blockaded By Activists From Seven Countries

February 23, 2016 Staff, www.greenpeace.org , ,
By Staff of Greenpeace - The protesters warned that TTIP – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement – is a threat for democracy, environmental protection, health standards and working conditions. Greenpeace calls for an immediate end to TTIP negotiations. Thirty activists from seven countries [1] chained themselves at the entrances of a conference centre where the meeting was due to take place. Some activists climbed the front of the building to deploy a large banner depicting a ‘dead-end’ road sign that read: “TTIP: dead end trade deal”.

The Predators Behind The TransPacific Partnership

February 17, 2016 Karel Van Wolferen, www.japantimes.co.jp , ,
By Karel Van Wolferen for The Japan Times - Misnomers that hide what the strong and rich control — and aspire to control — help promote our world’s numerous political ills. “Spreading democracy” in the Middle East and Africa has been used to excuse much slaughter, ruin and higher risks of wider war for purposes not remotely connected with democracy. The designation “trade” used by politicians and the media when talking about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact and the proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TPIP) agreement is another perfect example of a misnomer thanks to which a new shadow will be cast over the generally more fortunate parts of the world.

People Are Stopping The TPP; Time To Finish Off Corporate Trade

February 12, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.mintpressnews.com , , ,
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Mint Press News and Popular Resistance - WASHINGTON — (Opinion) There has been a remarkable turn of events recently when it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its European equivalent, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. They are faltering and moving in a downward spiral, if the movement keeps doing its job this will continue for the duration of the Obama presidency. The people-powered movement against trade, the largest anti-corporate trade movement in history, has built its power over the last five years.

What I Didn’t Read In The TTIP Reading Room

February 8, 2016 Katja Kipping, www.waronwant.org ,
By Katja Kipping for War On Want TTIP, the EU-US free trade deal, has secrecy written all over it. Those responsible for it live in dread of any public scrutiny. If it was up to me, I would give everyone who’s interested the chance to make up their own minds on the text of the agreement in its current form. Sigmar Gabriel, Minister for Economic Affairs and a top cheerleader for TTIP, has now set up a reading room in his ministry where since the beginning of February German MPs can each spend two hours looking at those texts on which consensus has already been reached.
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