Tag: sovereignty
Fast Tracking Democracy to Hell: Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Is a Rotten Deal
‘Free traders in Congress formally proposed last week that lawmakers relax, put their feet up and neglect the rigor of legislative review for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade scheme. The TPP is a secret deal […]
Newly Leaked TTIP Draft Reveals Far-Reaching Assault on US/EU Democracy
‘A freshly-leaked chapter from the highly secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement, currently under negotiation between the United States and European Union, reveals that the so-called “free trade” deal poses an even greater […]
TPP Power Grab: World Bank, Goldman Sachs and the CFR
‘The recently leaked Chapter 2 of the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as we reported here on March 31, proposes transferring enormous judicial powers to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a branch […]
Secret Trade Pact would Allow Foreign Corporations to Sue U.S. for Damaging Investment ‘Expectations’
‘A new free trade agreement being pushed by the Obama administration could allow foreign corporations to challenge American laws and regulations before international tribunals. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (pdf) (TPP), being negotiated between the U.S. and […]
Secret Trade Pact would Allow Foreign Corporations to Sue U.S. for Damaging Investment ‘Expectations’
‘A new free trade agreement being pushed by the Obama administration could allow foreign corporations to challenge American laws and regulations before international tribunals. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (pdf) (TPP), being negotiated between the U.S. and […]
Jim Hightower: Obama’s Terrible Trade Pact Is a Scam That Must Be Stopped
‘Their weapon is a scheme hidden inside a scam. Called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the scam is their claim that TPP is nothing but another free trade deal — albeit a whopper of a deal — […]
MPs denounce government TTIP plans amid fears for NHS and public services
‘A future government must be allowed to expand the NHS without facing legal challenge under a proposed new EU-US trade deal, according to a sharply critical report from an all-party committee of MPs. The Business, […]
Traitorous But True – UN Framework Document For US Subjugation, US Military To Be Absorbed Into UN Peacekeepers and Disbanded
‘For most Americans, the fact that the United States has filed with the United Nations a document pledging to submit to UN military authority and to dismantle our own military capability in the process would […]
Four Ways The White House Has Gone Full Doublespeak on Fast Track and the TPP
‘Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Orrin Hatch are now in a stand-off over a bill that would put secretive trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on the Fast Track to passage through Congress. […]
‘Flagrant aggression:’ Damascus livid after Turkey’s incursion onto Syrian soil
‘The Syrian government has said a Turkish incursion into the north of the country was an act of “flagrant aggression.” Damascus said it would hold Ankara responsible after they went into Syria to evacuate personnel […]
European Commission’s Clever Ruse To Introduce Corporate Sovereignty Regardless Of Ratification Votes In EU
‘Because of the complicated nature of power-sharing in the European Union, some international agreements require the approval of both the European Parliament and of every Member State — so-called “mixed agreements.” It is generally accepted […]
Repealing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Fast Track Not A Done Deal, The People Will Stop It
‘The corporate media is reporting that since the Republican leadership and President Obama support Fast Track trade authority, it is a done deal. And that message, also heard by countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), […]