Reich writes: "The heinous Trans Pacific Partnership is now moving in Congress."
Robert Reich. (photo: Robert Reich)
02 May 15
he heinous Trans Pacific Partnership is now moving in Congress. It�s not really about trade � most tariffs are now low � but about making the world safer for global corporations. It allows big global corporations to sue countries for health, safety, environmental, and labor protections that reduce corporate profits. Its so-called labor and environmental protections are unenforceable. And rather than strengthen America�s hand against China (as its proponents claim), it only strengthens the hands of giant American-based corporations � whose loyalty is to their shareholders rather than to the United States. (These corporations will do whatever China wants if it helps their bottom lines.)
It�s a bad deal for Americans. Please call your senators and your representative and tell them you don�t want the Trans Pacific Partnership, and you don�t want �fast-track� that allows it to speed through Congress without debate or amendment.
