Environmental free-trade deal could help tar-sands producers

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http://grist.org/news/environmental-free-trade-deal-could-help-tar-sands-producers/

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Negotiations began Tuesday at the World Trade Organization on a free-trade agreement that would free “environmental goods” from the shackles of tariffs and other protectionist measures. Such measures have been put in place around the world to protect domestic manufacturing industries and jobs from cheaper imports. They can increase the price of the products compared with, say, if they were all made in Vietnamese sweatshops.

The WTO talks in Geneva are a big deal — they involve the United States, China, the European Union, and 11 other countries. They could affect $1 trillion worth of trade every year.

So why aren’t environmentalists shouting, “Hallelujah?”

Because it’s a ruse.

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Thanks for your post.

You had me at the graphic. Magic, smoke and mirrors and 'magical' thinking. We are screwed if we don't rise.

And the WTO has been on a short list lately.
What is up with that?

Love, Peace and Shelter. Lmsp