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Cairycat

(1,706 posts)
7. Formula companies have been blocking the kinds of resolutions for decades
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 04:11 PM
Jul 2018

what is especially alarming is that the formula manufacturers, via the US government, is blocking these policies with threats: see this from the article:

When that failed, they turned to threats, according to diplomats and government officials who took part in the discussions. Ecuador, which had planned to introduce the measure, was the first to find itself in the cross hairs.

The Americans were blunt: If Ecuador refused to drop the resolution, Washington would unleash punishing trade measures and withdraw crucial military aid. The Ecuadorean government quickly acquiesced.




Corporations dictating health and public policy. Is this not corporatocracy? Fascism?
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