SOL: Multi-National corporations, under a TPP agreement supersede the laws and sovereignty of nations against the people.
THE
CLINTON(S) PASSED NAFTA WHERE MEXICAN AND CANADIAN CORPORATIONS CAN
DICTATE TO AMERICAN ENTERPRISES AND THESE FOREIGN CORPORATIONS HAVE THE
RIGHT TO SUE IF AN AMERICAN COMPANY INTERFERE WITH THEIR EARNINGS. THESE
"TRADE AGREEMENTS" PROTET FOREIGN CORPORATIONS BUT LEAVE AMERICAN
COMPANIES VULNERABLE TO ECONOMICAL AND LEGAL DAMAGES.
EXAMPLE:
STATES IN THE EU THAT HAVE BAN NED GMO PRODUCTS CAN BE FORCED TO ACCEPT
GMO PRODUCTS THROUGH THESE TYPES OF TRADE AGREEMENT. NOT GOOD! THESE
AGREEMENTS DESTROY SOVEREIGNTY OF BODERS AND RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE TO
HAVE CHOICE.
Will TPP Give Corporations the Upper Hand Over Nations?
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Over 1500 organizations, including labor unions and environmental groups, have called on the US Congress to reject the hotly-debated TPP deregulation deal. Radio Sputnik discussed the controversial trade deal with one of its harshest critics, US Senator Elizabeth Warren.
In
a letter to Congress on Monday, the organizations point out that the
deal, made in unusual secrecy, will kill US jobs, endanger food safety
and the public health system, as well as take a toll on the environment.
According to Warren, the US was barely able to survive the "disastrous" impact of the NAFTA agreement,
which also negatively impacted Mexico, after both countries lost jobs
to China. Warren notes that, should the secretive TPP deregulation deal
come into effect, additional jobs in the US will be lost.
Warren
also noted that, under the TPP, no corporate entity is bound to the
sovereign rights of a nation in which it does business. She noted that,
countering the 1500-organization letter to Congress, corporations have
stepped up their lobbying efforts in the form of a separate letter,
endorsing and supporting the deregulation agreement.
Noting the opaque language of the deregulation deal, Warren suggests that the
TPP will grant corporations "sovereignty" over nations, especially
in terms of labor protection, minimum wage and environmental
safeguarding. Companies will also be able to challenge food safety
inspection procedures.
Under
the TPP, environmental restrictions could be overridden, Warren warns.
Providing Japan's high demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG)
as an example, Warren says TPP will encourage more fracking in the US,
as the US has major amounts of gas that could be mined using fracking
technology, which is currently restricted due to environmental damage.
Asked
which nations would profit from the TPP, Warren said there were none.
"I honestly do not believe," she said, "that there will be a single
nation that will do well." She also noted that multinational
corporations, not nation-states, will benefit from the agreement. With
TPP in effect, corporate status will be elevated to practical
omnipotence. She points out that all citizens, especially working
people, will be exploited, and will largely impact developing countries.
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