Must I love HRC or hate her AS A CANDIDATE?

[Faryn Balyncd]

54. The major issues with these agreements are non-trade issues.

That's why Krugman, for example, who is a free trade advocate, has discussed how from a trade standpoint, the TPP is "not a big deal", as there are very few restrictions to trade still in existence, but now has come to the point where he would be relieved if the TPP failed to materialize, because of the fact that is is fundamentally about enhancing monopoly power, primarily through such measures as enhanced intellectual property restrictions, rather than removing barriers to trade.

When it is proposed that "experts on trade" come up with a trade deal, this obscures the sad reality that corporate interests continue to use "trade" agreements to do end runs around environmental law, labor law, safety regulations, and to establish sovereign tribunals to settle claims that governments attempting to fulfill their duty with regard to promoting the general welfare in these areas may be sued if such regulation negatively impacts projected profits, and all decisions are not subject to appeal within the judicial system.

As fallible as is our democratic Congressional system, decreasing Congressional authority and enhancing the processes of global corporate domination does not seem like the way forward.












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