Map Shows How Trade Deals Would Enable Polluter Power Grab

By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Sep 30, 2016 The interactive tool "gives people a chance to see if toxic trade is in their own backyard." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Most Brazen Corporate Power Grab in American History

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 3, 2016 The 5,544-page text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership confirms that the agreement would be another step in the global capitalists' march to enslave us. Open, sustained revolt is our only option. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trade Officials Promised Exxon That U.S.-EU Pact Would Erase Environmental ‘Obstacles’ Worldwide

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Feb 24, 2016 European Union trade officials soothed the oil giant as it fretted about new regulations popping up in the global south as the proposed agreement was being discussed in 2013. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Trans-Pacific Trade Scam

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2015 Despite what President Obama says, the TPP does indeed create a corporate end run around our laws. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Fast Track’ Would Hand the Money Monopoly to Private Banks—Permanently

By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt Jun 13, 2015 If successful, the rush to “fast track” a trio of controversial trade deals would nip attempts to implement public banking and other monetary reforms in the bud. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

British PM Cameron Enabling Wall Street’s Takeover of National Health Service

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2014 The U.K.’s cherished public health service is in danger of being sold off to private corporations via a trade deal that would create a single market between the European Union and the United States and open future British governments to massive lawsuits in international courts should they attempt to reverse the decision. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What’s in a Face?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2013 Gay and straight men's visages may differ in form, researchers say; cops in New Mexico have taken to administering anal exams for minor traffic breaches; meanwhile, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would divest European governments of any power to defend their citizens from big business. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )