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StopTheTPP

(64 posts) Tue Jan 27, 2015, 11:26 PM Jan 2015

TPP Trade Deal Will Be Devastating for Access to Affordable Medicines [View all]

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/tpp-trade-deal-will-be-devastating-access-affordable-medicines

Call your senators tomorrow and tell them NO on fast track.

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TPP Trade Deal Will Be Devastating for Access to Affordable Medicines [View all] StopTheTPP Jan 2015 OP

The US Government's Negotiating objectives, related to drugs ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #1

Intellectual Property and Drug Prices: Faryn Balyncd Jan 2015 #2

How is relying on the lofty words of the US Objectives ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #3

Krugman has a pretty good answer for you: Faryn Balyncd Jan 2015 #4

Again, what is he basing that opinion on ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #12

When our negotiating positions stink, & when "really bad ideas" are "being floated", & when Congress Faryn Balyncd Jan 2015 #37

history ND-Dem Jan 2015 #24

History is the opposite of progress. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #30

so far as governments lying goes, there has been no "progress" in millenia. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #38

Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #40

You are correct. THe rhetoric you repeat above is nothing like what is contained in the agreement. rhett o rick Jan 2015 #5

There is no agreement yet, so it's silly to talk about "what's in it" Recursion Jan 2015 #6

Secrecy + Corporate Input + Fast Track + "Don't Talk about what's in it tell it's done" = OLIGARCHY Faryn Balyncd Jan 2015 #7

Bingo Populist_Prole Jan 2015 #8

if they obey tpp, the world will have drug prices as high as those in the US which are way ND-Dem Jan 2015 #25

Response to your first comment ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #13

Response to your first comment ... rhett o rick Jan 2015 #29

That's NOT a dodge ... It is a direct answer to your question ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #33

The discrepancy you cite is EXACTLY the point. Jim Lane Jan 2015 #10

+1 Good post BrotherIvan Jan 2015 #11

We have people who I trust that have seen the TPP and are firmly against it. stillwaiting Jan 2015 #14

I have not seen a single person expressing support for ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #16

Oh my... nt stillwaiting Jan 2015 #17

Well, at least not on DU ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #18

I consider support for Fast Track, in effect, support for the TPP. stillwaiting Jan 2015 #19

How? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #20

Fast Track means that, no matter what unsavory stuff is contained in the TPP - nothing djean111 Jan 2015 #26

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #31

The GOP is slavering for this agreement, because it enables corporations to djean111 Jan 2015 #32

The gop is slathering over this agreement ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #34

His "stated" objectives are trade based. He does not address the Investor State giveaway. djean111 Jan 2015 #35

Yes.He.Does ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #36

The analysis by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #15

I disagree with your criticisms of Medecins Sans Frontieres. Jim Lane Jan 2015 #21

because they've done so well so far at 'negotiating' prices with big pharma ND-Dem Jan 2015 #22

The US government hasn't been involved in ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #28

It would allow the shysters to push prices on alreadt skyrocketing generics through the roof. Faryn Balyncd Jan 2015 #9

+100 ND-Dem Jan 2015 #23

This is so simple for those who DO support Fast Track - thus supporting the TPP - just don't djean111 Jan 2015 #27

In December, MSF together with the AFL-CIO, AARP and the Generic Pharmaceutical Association sent Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #39