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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis Trade Deal Will Make You Sick
This Trade Deal Will Make You Sick
Wednesday, 25 March 2015 00:00
By Anna Meyer, OtherWords | Op-Ed
Food is more than just what we eat. It connects us to each other and our environment. And how we treat it is of tremendous importance to our democracy.
Right now, the future of our food is being decided behind closed doors.
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive trade and investment deal being negotiated by the United States and 11 Pacific Rim countries, treats food as just another global commodity to be traded and exchanged. This approach completely overlooks its vital importance to human life.
President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to give him fast track authority to move along the TPP quickly, as well as a similar pact with the European Union. This would empower him to hastily conclude the deals without giving Congress time to review or revise them.
Leaked documents show that the treaties, which together cover nearly three quarters of the global economy, raise several major red flags for food safety. .................(more)
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/29861-this-trade-deal-will-make-you-sick
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This Trade Deal Will Make You Sick (Original Post)
marmar
Mar 2015
OP
And promoters want details to remain behind a "classified" wall for FOUR YEARS after implementation.
Faryn Balyncd
Mar 2015
#3
djean111
(14,255 posts)1. And just think - there are twenty-eight chapters to this thing.
Food - looks like, for instance, the problem of folks not wanting to buy shit-bathed shrimp from Vietnam will be solved by - ta da! - banning labeling as to country of origin.
antigop
(12,778 posts)2. but, but, but...we don't even know what's in it yet. nt
cali
(114,904 posts)4. that one drives me nuts. We know enough. More than enough.
Faryn Balyncd
(5,125 posts)3. And promoters want details to remain behind a "classified" wall for FOUR YEARS after implementation.
The TPP is fatally flawed and needs to be rejected.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)5. K&R