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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton, the TPP, and Protecting Our Food [View all]turbinetree
(24,695 posts)"Canada and Mexico objected, saying the U.S. law violates international trade agreements. Their appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) was upheld, allowing the two countries to impose retaliatory sanctions on U.S. exports if the law remained in place. "
And the right wing guy below jumps up and down when its comes to his version of being a patriot on his agenda, but when it comes to food, air and water this right wing hypocrite has no loyalties to having safe food, water and air----------------none-----------just having staff corporate lobbyists giving him money from the same industries that sit in his office cubicles selling food that is contaminated------oh, did he forget what happened at a containment nuclear plant (Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster) that had a design flaw from GE.
And to be "fair":
How about the shrimp, grouper, tuna coming out of the Gulf down in Louisiana----BP OIL and being put on the market
"The Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act, which repeals COOL, passed the full House with the backing of House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Michael Conaway (R-TX), who called the repeal a common sense measure."
I guess its appropriate to sell food that has been poisoned---------in his world