The Pacific Pivot

By John Feffer, TomDispatch Jan 30, 2014 The administration's much-vaunted pivot looks ever more like a divot -- a swing, a miss, and a hole in the ground rather than anything approaching a hole-in-one. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

People Pressure Is Making Fast Tracking the TPP Politically Toxic

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Jan 20, 2014 After four years of secret negotiations with more than 600 corporate advisers, the once seemingly invincible trade bill -- the largest in history, covering 40% of the world’s economy -- looks very much like it can be defeated. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Three Reasons the TPP Is Bad for the Environment

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 16, 2014 The Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the World Wildlife Fund have examined the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement leaked by WikiLeaks and determined that the draft could have some devastating environmental consequences. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

As NAFTA Nears 20 and the TPP Nears Birth, the Middle Class Nears Death

BLANK Nov 29, 2013 As a look at NAFTA's track record shows, the only beneficiaries from the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership are global corporations. So why is a former community organizer like Barack Obama so hot for trade deals that destroy communities? Easy: He's living in a new neighborhood now. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Monsanto, the TPP and Global Food Dominance

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Nov 28, 2013 Global food control has nearly been achieved at grave cost to our health, and if the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes, control over not just our food but our health, our environment and our financial system will be in the hands of transnational corporations. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

U.S. Pushing New Treaties at Expense of National Sovereignty

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2013 Being negotiated right now are American-sponsored corporate efforts to alter trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific international trade relations through new agreements that undermine or effectively nullify many countries' existing national legislation on health, environment, pricing, food safety and other issues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The End of American Imperialism As We Know It

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2013 Countries such as Chile may finally come out from under the control of the corporate-owned U.S. government; Americans are aware of the contents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement only thanks to WikiLeaks; and are zodiac signs effective indicators of disease? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Freaky New World Order of International Treaties

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Nov 14, 2013 WikiLeaks blew open the secret negotiations behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on Wednesday, releasing draft text that looks good for big corporations and bad for ordinary people. 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 )

Obama Pushes Secretive TPP Trade Pact

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 4, 2013 As the federal government remains closed, Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Asia for secret talks on a sweeping new trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democracy: The Only Threat to the TPP

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 6, 2013 The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an international trade agreement that would allow corporations operating in any country to appeal to a global tribunal to sue governments for financial "damages" wrought by laws that regulate the firms' activities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Yet More Power for the Global 1 Percent

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 6, 2013 The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a U.S.-led free trade agreement that would exempt multinational corporations from having to comply with policies governing industry in signatory countries, looks set to be rammed into law without comment or notice from much of the American media. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )