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Congress kills country-of-original label law with provision tucked into omnibus budget
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Lauren McCauley
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/12/16/and-just-free-trade-pact-trounces-us-law
Claims that trade pacts like the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will not trump public health and environmental policies were revealed to be fiction on Tuesday after Congress, bending to the will of the World Trade Organization, killed the popular country-of-origin label (COOL) law.
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Short read exposing how these "trade" agreements undermine our democracy.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/12/16/and-just-free-trade-pact-trounces-us-law
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Congress was controlled by Dems?
If so I think it is more our representatives and not a trade deal that is the problem.
JEB
(4,748 posts)Congress successful revoked the mandate just over one week after the WTO ruled that the U.S. could be forced to pay $1 billion annually to its NAFTA partners, which argued that the law "accorded unfavorable treatment to Canadian and Mexican livestock."
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$1 billion is a pretty heavy price to pay for knowing the country of origin of your steak. These trade bills are not written with the average citizen in mind. One has to believe in "trickle down" to believe these "trade agreements" are anything more than a power grab by corporate interests.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)JEB
(4,748 posts)My lower than dog shit Rep. Kurt Schrader Blue Dog sellout of course voted for it.