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Trade Pacts: Protecting Capital from Democracy; Install Corporate Tribunals; We’re Winning on Fast Track
Saturday, March 14, 2015 9:22
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Trade Agreements Are Rigged to Protect Capital From Democracy. Within the TPP and TTIP agreements, investor-state dispute settlement provisions are means by which “corporate sovereignty” could trump state sovereignty and undo government regulations and protections.
Trade Deals Will Supplant Democracy with Corporate Tribunals, Warn Critics. With the environment, public health, and workers’ rights on the line, it’s essential that trade pacts prioritize people over corporations.
Fast Track: We’re Winning, Phony Group Created, Repubs Say No. People across the political spectrum are recognizing that past claims about trade and jobs have been false and it is more accurate to call these agreements “job-killing trade agreements.”
