The White House is gambling with our health, jobs, and environment by embracing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. — by Janet Redman From her home in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Karen Feridun is helping stage a growing citizen pushback against the expansion of natural gas
It would have brought a million barrels of toxic tar-sands sludge oil across the length of our nation, through wetlands and communities. President Obama wisely rejected it. Only now you and other American taxpayers may have to pay for that common-sense decision.
— by Lauren McCauley, CommonDreams staff writer Congress’ elimination of the rule “makes clear that trade agreements can—and do—threaten even the most favored U.S. consumer protections,” said Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch. (Photo: KOMUnews/cc/flickr) Claims that trade pacts like
The details are out on the the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and critics say the trade deal is worse than they feared. The TPP’s full text was released Thursday, weeks after the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations—a group representing 40 percent
Legislative clock starts ticking as Obama administration prepares to release text of pro-corporate trade deal — by Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams staff writer After being shrouded in secrecy for years, the full contents of the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) will soon be
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On December 5th, I sent an email to Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV2) regarding my concerns as to “fast-tracking” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) currently being negotiated in secrecy behind closed doors: I view the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a secret “trade” deal being negotiated
These deals endanger our democracy — and the safety of our citizens. By Ron Carver NAFTA. CAFTA-DR. TPP. TTIP. That numbing spoonful of alphabet soup represents four so-called free trade pacts that benefit global capital at the expense of everyone else. The
