Papantonio: Proposed Trade Deal Is NAFTA On Steroids

[GoLeft TV]

The Obama administration is currently considering approving a new trade deal that would give unbridled power to foreign corporations to ignore American laws and regulations. This deal, known as the Trans Pacific Partnership, would be worse for America than both NAFTA and CAFTA. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio speaks with Lori Wallach from Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch about why the T.P.P. is bad for America.

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[whathehell]

1. It is VERY bad...I learned about it on a pda conference call with a trade attorney. What it does,

essentially, is make our government's decisions subordinate to CORPORATE decisions.

I found it absolutely CHILLING and, disappointed as I am with Obama, could hardly believe my ears,

thinking he'd enact enact anything THIS fascistic.

Seriously, I'm not trying to slam him, maybe he's being fooled, or manipulated,

but this trade agreement is VERY radical, very scary.

If you want to read about it yourself, go to tradewatch.org.

[BelgianMadCow]

2. And the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership is a copy-paste - here is a leaked draft

which outlines the framework of the negotiation: http://www.humanite.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/2013/huma_internet_2013-05-18_texte_commission1_0.pdf

It's downright scary stuff and flying under the radar. I went to an independent newspaper here to get it on the radar, and the editor-in-chief took my prints of the above and plans to carry it next week.

[pam4water]

3. Important Stuff K&R

[fasttense]

4. Only 2 private corporate lawyers sit on the tribunal.

Just 2 people to bribe, as if they needed to bribe their own hired guns. Corporations will have a field day destroying countries and abusing citizens with this T-Pee-Pee. I think we should just by-pass the middle men of our federal government and turn over everything we own to our kings - capitalist corporate royalty.

[dotymed]

5. REVOLT!

It is time for we peasants to revolt. Nothing good will happen until we do.

I will never vote for another corporate candidate again. If the candidate is put forth from one of the two major parties, he/she is a corporate candidate. Our election finance laws have ensured that.

Call them "spoilers" but as long as the candidate has sense and is not a corporate sponsored stooge, they will have my vote.

We need you Bernie.