As Countries Line Up to Sign Toxic Deal, Warren Leads Call to Reject TPP

[Ferd Berfel]

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/03/countries-line-sign-toxic-deal-warren-leads-call-reject-tpp


Elizabeth Warren warns agreement 'would tilt the playing field even more in favor of big multinational corporations and against working families'

With 12 nations expected to sign the corporate-friendly Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in New Zealand on Thursday, opponents in the U.S. and beyond are renewing their criticisms of the deal's worst provisions, which they warn pose serious dangers to the climate, working families, and democracy.

The signatures mark the end of the negotiating process, with a broad agreement on the deal having been reached in October. Now, all 12 Pacific Rim countries will be able to begin their respective domestic ratification processes, which in the U.S. means passage by Congress.
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"The TPP is a giveaway to big corporations, special interests and all those who want economic rules that benefit the wealthy few. It is no wonder the presidential front-runners from both political parties oppose it."
—Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO

[djean111]

1. No support from me for ANYONE who had/has anything to do with this - be it

signing it, shilling for it, or voting for it (and Fast Track).

[truedelphi]

5. Same here.

Another four years of policies that support Monsanto and other big Ag Firm's Frankenseeds/foods, and there will not be a single thing left I can eat!

[ViseGrip]

2. Hillary helped to design the TPP while at State. So I don't trust her on this ONE BIT!

NOT ONE.

[Ferd Berfel]

3. Agree. But she says she's not for it now

IF you believe that.........

[stillwaiting]

6. When she said "as of today" that was many days ago.

With that phrasing, she would need to come out against it everyday (How about today Hillary?) and even then I still wouldn't believe she was against it.

Neither does the Chamber of Commerce apparently so my hunches are shared by Big Business.

[Faux pas]

4. YES!

Are enough of us paying attention to this subject?

[mountain grammy]

7. Obama wants the TPP, and so does Hillary

in spite of what she says. We all know this is true. It's a corporate trade agreement.