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How much corporations paid US senators to fast-track the TPP bill
A decade in the making, the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is reaching its climax and as Congress hotly debates the biggest trade deal in a … How much corporations paid US senators to fast-track the TPP billRead more
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Hundreds of tech companies line up to oppose TPP trade agreement
More than 250 tech companies have signed a letter demanding greater transparency from Congress and decrying the broad regulatory language in leaked parts of the … Hundreds of tech companies line up to oppose TPP trade agreementRead more
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WikiLeaks Releases Final TPP Chapter Text on ‘Intellectual Property’
WikiLeaks has released what appears to be the final negotiated text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s intellectual property chapter, after the United States and 11 other … WikiLeaks Releases Final TPP Chapter Text on ‘Intellectual Property’Read more
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Why Is President Obama Having So Much Trouble Selling TPP?
Barack Obama is cool and personable — no-drama Obama. Then suddenly, he scolds critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, his NAFTA-style trade deal. He accuses them … Why Is President Obama Having So Much Trouble Selling TPP?Read more
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Know Why TTIP Would Be a Nightmare
If anyone tries to convince you that TTIP is no threat to a government’s ability to protect its people, just point them to Canada. Last … Know Why TTIP Would Be a NightmareRead more
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TPP: The Fascism Issue
If the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement will, if implemented, and as I’ve argued elsewhere, result in the death of national and state sovereignty, constitutional separation … TPP: The Fascism IssueRead more
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Trans Pacific Trickle-Down Economics
Have we learned nothing from thirty years of failed trickle-down economics? By now we should know that when big corporations, Wall Street, and the wealthy … Trans Pacific Trickle-Down EconomicsRead more
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Trade Deal Dividing the Left
Senior lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation last week that would let the Obama Administration keep negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a pact that could be the … Trade Deal Dividing the LeftRead more
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Death of the Republic
A republican form of government is one in which power resides in elected officials representing the citizens, and government leaders exercise power according to the … The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Death of the RepublicRead more