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In reply to the discussion: Obama's playing 3D chess - TPP. We just gotta trust him. [View all]Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)13. Mexico begging to be in TPP...
65,000 Protest TPP In Mexico, See Repeat Of NAFTA Mistakes
More than 65,000 people rallied at Mexicos Monument to the Revolution and marched to the historic Zocalo Square to demand a new economy that puts equality, justice and human rights first.
Farmers, union, environmental and womens activists gathered in Mexico City last week to take stock of the lessons from NAFTA and plan strategies to confront the next big threat: the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). One of the earliest lessons from the NAFTA experience was that people and environments in all three countries were affected. The stories from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. were remarkably similar: environmental destruction, threats to union and community organizing, and, in all sectors, a marked increase in corporate concentration as companies gained new abilities to move different aspects of production across borders in search of lower costs and higher profits.
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https://www.popularresistance.org/65000-protest-tpp-in-mexico-see-repeat-of-nafta-mistakes/
Farmers, union, environmental and womens activists gathered in Mexico City last week to take stock of the lessons from NAFTA and plan strategies to confront the next big threat: the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). One of the earliest lessons from the NAFTA experience was that people and environments in all three countries were affected. The stories from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. were remarkably similar: environmental destruction, threats to union and community organizing, and, in all sectors, a marked increase in corporate concentration as companies gained new abilities to move different aspects of production across borders in search of lower costs and higher profits.
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Their corporations and political elites might benefit from it, but the people would suffer. Same as in the US.
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Hey, they weren't part of it initially, but the phones started ringing.. Wait till China can't
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#12
Because I'm dealing with conspiracy theorists who believe Obama is trying to make us slaves.
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#15
Summers: "Nonetheless I believe that the right TPP is very much in the American national interest."
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#17
I did.. This ain't NAFTA. The 40k calculation is based upon assumption that a trade
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#40
I'm not certain about the Columbia FTA, CAFTA or the Korean FTA; but, ...
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#37
I hope you are right but I am bookmarking for later praise or ridicule when this game plays out
corkhead
Apr 2015
#3
he's giving the republicans enough rope to hang themselves. And he's the only adult in
Doctor_J
Apr 2015
#6
I was watching National Lampoon's European Vacation the other day. When they hit
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2015
#10
Here he is. Your video shows just how pissed he is at Obama for ignoring him and doing a better
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#58
NAFTA was OK since he was an advisor, TPP which is an improvement isn't OK because Reich
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#61
By "renegotiated" do you mean how banks can now sue governments for derivative losses?
pa28
Apr 2015
#57
Wow, you are really misinformed. NAFTA included the very same provision, as have 2500 trade
Hoyt
Apr 2015
#60
NAFTA provided for complaints from member nations and financial penalties for failure to comply.
pa28
Apr 2015
#66
Do yourself a favor before knitting things from your imagination on what TPP is or what NAFTA was..
MrMickeysMom
Apr 2015
#67