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In reply to the discussion: Wikileaks has just published a draft of the enviromental chapter of the TPP: It's bad. [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)32. +1. good response. pretty weird response.
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Wikileaks has just published a draft of the enviromental chapter of the TPP: It's bad. [View all]
cali
Jan 2014
OP
It is truly appalling and it certainly shows why it all had to be so 'secret'
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#91
Selling out on the environment in order to sell out labor. Somehow that does not sound like the
jwirr
Jan 2014
#5
Joint analysis of leaked chapter by Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and
cali
Jan 2014
#6
you'd think with their North Korean-level capacity for cognitive dissonance they'd have no problems
MisterP
Jan 2014
#69
All I can tell you cali, is that the man has a knack for turning things around
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2014
#20
"The report indicates that the United States has been pushing for tough environmental provisions,
pampango
Jan 2014
#22
Your post was that the US "could be selling out environmental protections in order to cement" a deal
pampango
Jan 2014
#29
"pretty clear that the USTR will give in to just about anything in order to ink this "trade" deal"
pampango
Jan 2014
#35
Why are tough environmental provisions still part of the draft agreement if every other country
pampango
Jan 2014
#38
I would agree that allowing member countries to use national sovereignty to resist compliance is bad
pampango
Jan 2014
#43
this is a bad deal in so very many ways. This is just the latest installment confirming that
cali
Jan 2014
#47
I agree that he should back out of it if the labor and environmental parts are not strong and
pampango
Jan 2014
#53
No. As I have often posted, environmental standards should not be voluntary. National sovereigty
pampango
Jan 2014
#117
So this draft is for show only (even though it was secret and only revealed by Wikileaks) and
pampango
Jan 2014
#50
Obama proposal rolls back environmental protections; hits new low in selling out!
Divernan
Jan 2014
#42
"And it pisses me off to no end that I voted for the man in charge of this bullshit."
pampango
Jan 2014
#65
He's the man in charge of the US. He's not in charge of Australia or Canada or any of the others.
pampango
Jan 2014
#71
"Threaten to walk and then see what happens... just don't give in and move on." Great idea!
pampango
Jan 2014
#79
It does not do anything yet. There is not a final, much less agreed to, draft of it.
pampango
Jan 2014
#82
Indeed I am. And I must say it is a damn good life raft. The OP is about the environmental chapter
pampango
Jan 2014
#77
They may not have rejected it. I don't know. But they have not accepted it either as far as we know.
pampango
Jan 2014
#80
You know them by their absence. They will not speak to the TPP. Conservatives the lot,
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#118
Thank God for Wikileaks...this is just fucking nuts how irresponsible it is. No one
Jefferson23
Jan 2014
#84
TPP is TERRIBLE for the planet & 99% of its people; & that's why they're hiding it from public view!
blkmusclmachine
Jan 2014
#88
Tell your friends, family and acquaintances that the TPP is a job killing agreement.
Enthusiast
Jan 2014
#89
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
Jan 2014
#97
This just makes me sick! We are acting like there is no tomorrow, and because of that
Dustlawyer
Jan 2014
#99