GMO Obama’s secret TPP deal could block GMO labeling in sovereign nations

‘The granting of fast-track authority in Congress for President Obama, so he can ram through a stealthy trade deal without changes or amendments by the people’s representatives, hit a snag in recent days after members of the president’s own party blocked its passage in the Senate.

Democrats, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, filibustered a bill that would have permitted only an up-or-down vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement between the United States and about a dozen other nations. But given the president’s tenacity — this deal is one of his second-term priorities — and Washington’s lobbyist infestation, where corporations and special interests make the rules, the Warren-led effort may just be temporary.’

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