WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)

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7. Voluntary

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Article SS.8: Corporate Social Responsibility

Each Party should encourage enterprises operating within its territory or jurisdiction, to adopt voluntarily, into their policies and practices, principles of corporate social responsibility related to the environment, consistent with internationally recognized standards and guidelines that have been endorsed or are supported by that Party.


Article SS.9: Voluntary Mechanisms to Enhance Environmental Performance

The Parties recognize that flexible, voluntary mechanisms, such as voluntary auditing and reporting, market-based incentives, voluntary sharing of information and expertise, and public-private partnerships, can contribute to the achievement and maintenance of high levels of environmental protection and complement domestic regulatory measures. The Parties further recognize that such mechanisms should be designed in a manner that maximizes their environmental benefits and avoids the creation of unnecessary barriers to trade.

http://wikileaks.org/tpp-enviro/

Lets see what happens when Corporations are allowed to VOLUNTARILY enforce their OWN Environmental Regulations:
[font size=3]Chemical Leak Into West Virginia River Far Larger Than Previously Estimated [/font]


Voluntary Corporate Responsibility?
Enough to gag a fucking maggot.


This is much, MUCH worse than I had imagined.
This REALLY is the "One Ring that Binds Them",
and it is NOW being forged in the furnaces of the REAL evil doers.


Study: "Trade" Deal Would Mean a Pay Cut for 90% of U.S. Workers
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/09/the-verdict-is-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-a-sweeping-free-trade-deal-under-negotiation-with-11-pacific-rim-coun.html


Thank You, WikiLeaks,
and ALL the other Whistle Blowers who have had the courage to expose The Truth.