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In reply to the discussion: The TPP, if Passed, Spells the End of Popular Sovereignty for The United States [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)20. Here's the QUOTE from the Article:
When I visit with the American Chamber of Commerce and a number of both Vietnamese and American business leaders, we will look for ways to expand trade and investment. As the Minister and I were discussing, it has increased from practically nothing in 1995 to more than $22 billion today. In fact, in just the two years that between now and 2010, it's grown more than 40 percent.
So we're working on expanding it through a far-reaching, new regional trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would lower trade barriers while raising standards on everything from labor conditions to environmental protection to intellectual property. Both of our countries will benefit. And in fact, economists expect that Vietnam would be among the countries under the Trans-Pacific Partnership to benefit the most. And we hope to finalize this agreement by the end of the year.
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The TPP, if Passed, Spells the End of Popular Sovereignty for The United States [View all]
BelgianMadCow
Nov 2013
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and how many labor/environmental groups have been included in the negotiations? nt
antigop
Nov 2013
#41
Her site has the same attacks on Common Core education as the far-right sites do.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2013
#63
Quite a bit of hyperbole here to be sure.....but nothing to sneeze at, either.
AverageJoe90
Nov 2013
#19
HYPERBOLE MY ASS, FIND OUT JUST HOW TERRIBLE THIS TPP IS, WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S IN
drynberg
Nov 2013
#24
I agree with you on local regulations, environmental policies, living wages, etc
davidpdx
Nov 2013
#37
I think it is plenty fair to say it impacts our sovereignty. We are debating degrees and areas.
TheKentuckian
Nov 2013
#65
What purpose is it if corporation X can now either reverse the will of the people or extract huge
TheKentuckian
Nov 2013
#72
The support of this by Obama boggles, indeed, stupefies---unless one accepts that he is VERY be-
WinkyDink
Nov 2013
#26
Bear in mind that Winston was reading Adolph's top secret messages before he did sometimes n/t
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#36
How does the party of NAFTA speak out on TPP? The party of Free Trade with Korea, China?
Romulox
Nov 2013
#46
OMG! It's, it's, the most succesful meme against critical thinking, ever!
BelgianMadCow
Nov 2013
#50
This is the issue of our generation. I wonder how Elizabeth Warren feels about this?
silvershadow
Nov 2013
#54
Warren on Trans-Pacific Partnership: If people knew what was going on, they would stop it
solarhydrocan
Nov 2013
#60
Hillary Clinton's Business Legacy at State Department (leading part in drafting TPP)
antigop
Nov 2013
#77