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In reply to the discussion: R.I.P. TTIP? [View all]Baobab
(4,667 posts)41. This is how they get them passed now, they signal left, turn right.
TTIP would prevent environmental laws. It will shield makers of incredibly costly endocrine disrupting chemicals, lock in fracking ban bans,They want it so very badly.
They would never walk away from it. Don't believe any thing they say.
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Yep, Bernie has his work cut out for him. Fillibustering all her horrible policy ideas.
GummyBearz
May 2016
#29
It does sound like continuing to have the WTO govern things is preferable to TTIP.
pampango
May 2016
#4
It's not just France. The TTIP is about as popular in Europe as George W. Bush was.
marmar
May 2016
#6
It's terrible for the workers and the environment and citizen control on on both sides.
Arugula Latte
May 2016
#25
the whole point of the T-deals is to lower regulations and wages to the lowest common denominator
Baobab
May 2016
#44
Yes basically that true but we need to understand that poor countries have been strung along for 20
Baobab
May 2016
#45
National sovereignty is a means to an end, not an end in itself. In the UK the far-right
pampango
May 2016
#28
I'd say that whether an issue should be decided locally or federally depends on the issue.
JDPriestly
May 2016
#52
It depends on the issue. We would very much like to ban fracking in California.
JDPriestly
May 2016
#54