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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]joshcryer
(62,279 posts)129. countries will be BEHOLDEN under TPP
They CAN'T implement environmental standards without being beholden to the west
How is that IN ANY WAY VOLUNTARY?
Why do you TRUST the TPP to be truthful on this issue?
The TPP is LYING when it claims it is voluntary and you perpetuate that LIE
they are NOT independent issues because TPP forces countries to comply with the IP provisions, I don't know why you defend the TPP on this issue
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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