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Will Liberals and Conservatives Unite to Defeat Fast Track and the TPP?

By Alison Rose Levy Mar 8, 2015 A proposal to give President Obama the power to sign two international trade deals without congressional oversight has commentators on the left and right fuming.A proposal to give President Obama the power to secretly and unilaterally negotiate two big trade pacts has pundits on the left and right fuming. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Reveals Trade Deal Pushing Global Financial Deregulation

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 20, 2014 Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, author of "The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority" and former Truthdigger of the Week, explains the meaning of a secret draft text of the Trade in Services Agreement, a proposal that would forbid signatory countries from improving financial regulation within their borders. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Debate: Secret TPP Text to Eliminate Internet Freedom Exposed

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 15, 2013 A 95 page draft of a chapter of possibly the most consequential U.S. trade deal in history released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday details plans regarding patents, copyright, trademarks and industrial design, "showing their wide-reaching implications for Internet services, civil liberties, publishing rights and medicine accessibility," "Democracy Now!" reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Quebec Fracking Ban Lawsuit Shows Perils of Free Trade Deals

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 6, 2013 If you read our latest Truthdigger column, you know that certain existing and potential future international trade deals allow private corporations to sue governments for profits they claim to have lost as a result of a nation's laws. Here's an example of such a suit currently filed against Canada. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Lori Wallach

BLANK Oct 6, 2013 This critic of globalization is one of the few voices trying to alert the public to a secretive, ongoing effort to create a legal means for corporations to attack and subvert government. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Plan for ‘Corporate Global Governance’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 14, 2012 The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a secretive international trade pact under consideration by the Obama administration, would force American policy to conform to the whims of foreign corporations operating in the US by allowing them to appeal key regulations to an international tribunal That body would have the power to override U law and issue penalties for failure to comply with its rulings . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )