New WTO Ruling on "Country of Origin Meat Labels" Proves Danger of NAFTA & Now the TPA/TPP

[JDPriestly]

9. In terms of safety, this is especially important if you eat pork.

According to my grandmother who was, with her husband, a farmer, pigs will eat anything. Poorer farmers used to feed pigs the "slop," that is the garbage left over from family meals, etc.

Then things changed. And farmers in the US now feed their pigs cleaner food, not just any old garbage.

But how can you know if your pigs are raised in some other country, say Mexico, that they will be fed food that doesn't make them sick and in turn you sick or at least very queasy at the thought of an animal that is fed some horrible concoction of last week's garbage?

Now I base my post merely on what my grandmother told me so I could be wrong. Does anyone have information contradicting what I am saying? I recognize that my grandmother may not be the best resource. Just sayin"

Aside from that, the TPP is a corporate coup. This proves it. Our desire to have products labeled according to the country of origin is overruled by a court that had no jury of our peers. Any commercial law or restriction we wish to impose within our country is in jeopardy. That is an important aspect of our democracy -- to be able to pass laws regulating OUR marketplace, the products WE buy.

The TPP has to go as do some of the trade agreements by which we are bound at this time. The entire "free" trade concept is incompatible with democracy if it means trade courts that impose limitations on our ability to regulate our commerce.

US Constitution, Article I, section 8 lists the powers of Congress. One of them is the authority to regulate trade. The WTO is usurping the constitutional authority of our Congress. I'm 'agin it.