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The Lie That “China Wins” if the TPP Kangaroo Tribunals are Stopped
By William K. Black June 5, 2016 Bloomington, MN Proponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) know that they have a major problem. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump each oppose the deal. CEOs, however, have not given up on their … Continue reading
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TPP: 13 Democratic Senators Invite Republicans to Make Them Laughing Stocks and More Serious Matters
The cloture vote in the Senate is now done, making the TPA vote itself a mere formality. The vote was 60 – 37 in favor of cloture with 13 of the 14 original Democratic defectors (Ben Cardin was the exception) … Continue reading
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TPP: Will Voters Re-elect Laughing Stocks to the Senate?
Let’s review the devious process for passing the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill devised by the Republicans I outlined in my last post. It has the following steps: – Step one: the House passes a TPA bill without passing Trade … Continue reading
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TPP: Fast –Track Is Back: Shall It Pass?
Under this plan, they say, the President and the Republicans get what they want, and so do the free trade Democrats (as without their saying it do the funders of both parties). In addition, the free trade Democrats have the … Continue reading
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TPP: Fast –Track, the Next Rounds In Congress
The roll call 126-302 vote (Roll call 361) defeating the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) bill was a result worth a little celebrating on Friday, since it was a very decisive victory on that particular vote, and also stopped the Trade … Continue reading
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RIP TPP?
By William K. Black Quito: June 13, 2015 My answer to the question I pose in my title is “no.” The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is far from dead and can only be defeated by heroic efforts by a broad coalition of … Continue reading
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TPP: Jim Himes (D-CT), Another Putting “Free Trade” Above National Sovereignty and Democracy
This is another in a series on Democratic Representatives who recently decided that pleasing their President, and their minority leader in the House, and protecting the expectations of potential profits of multinational corporations, was more important than protecting democracy, national, … Continue reading
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Posted in Joe Firestone
Tagged congress, Congressman Don Beyer, Congressman Jim Himes, Congressman Kathleen Rice, consent of the governed, democracy, Democratic Leadership, fair trade, Fast-track, free trade, investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, sovereignty, the House, TPA, TPP, Trade Promotion Authority, Trans-Pacific Partnership
TPP: Kathleen Rice (D-NY) Is the Latest to Put “Free Trade” Above National Sovereignty and Democracy
I blogged a critique of Don Beyer, Democratic Representative in the Virginia 8th Congressional District to protest his announcement of support for the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill followed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) legislation. This past Saturday, Kathleen Rice … Continue reading
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Posted in Joe Firestone
Tagged congress, Congressman Don Beyer, Congressman Kathleen Rice, consent of the governed, democracy, Democratic Leadership, fair trade, Fast-track, free trade, investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, sovereignty, the House, TPA, TPP, Trade Promotion Authority, Trans-Pacific Partnership
TPP: Don Beyer (D-VA) Puts “Free Trade” Above National Sovereignty and Democracy
Recently, my wife, Bonnie, sent an e-mail to Don Beyer, our Democratic Representative in the Virginia 8th Congressional District to express her opinion opposing fast-track/TPP and to tell him that she wanted him to vote against it in Congress. In … Continue reading
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TPP: State of Play in the House
The Republicans and the Administration still can’t count on the 217 votes needed to pass Fast-Track, according to Politico. There are 245 Republicans and 188 Democrats in the House. Republicans are now “feeling new found optimism that at least 190 … Continue reading
