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Exposing the TPPFor What it Really Is
Lacey KohlmoosPublic Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
Liz MoranWestern Organization of Resource Councils
TPP: Who’s Now Involved
Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,
New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, U.S., Vietnam
THE TPP IS A “DOCKING” AGREEMENT OPEN TO ANY COUNRTY THAT AGREES TO ITS TERMS
TPP is Not a Trade Agreement, but a Binding International Governance
SystemAnd Those Living with the Results Have No Say
Most of TPP is not about “Trade” but Covers Many Matters Under State
Authority
Trade ChaptersAdministrative Chap-tersNon-Trade Chapters
Most Secretive Trade Negotiation, Ever…
“This is the least transparent trade negotiation I have ever seen.”
-Former U.S. trade official Gary Horlick, a TPP supporter
Threatens Family-Owned American Farms
Ban on “Buy American” & “Buy Local”
Investor-State Attacks Patents on Seeds
Access to Markets
Other Ways the TPP Impacts Our Lives
Incentives to Off-Shore Jobs Financial Deregulation
Attacks on Internet Freedom
Increased Medicine Costs
“Fast Track” Only Needed for Bad Agreements
Of 500+ trade agreements since 1974, Fast Track was only used for 16 of them
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