From: Nation of Change
November 21, 2014
Why won’t Fox, NBC, CNN, or ABC cover the TPP? These media empires (even Facebook has boosted news feeds of the top 100 media outlets, owned by only six mega-corporations
to control public opinion) have decided that the public should be kept
in the dark about ‘NAFTA on steroids’ so that biotech corporations can
completely take over ‘free-trade’ with Pacific Rim nations.
You likely haven’t heard of the TPP or Trans Pacific Trade Agreement
for this reason, but it hasn’t slowed the rising opposition to its
sinister ‘fast-track’ plans among our elected officials, which would
bypass many of the legal requirements for a normal trade agreement, and
allowing the implementation of TPP with minimal debate. More than 550
groups, representing millions of people, have urged President Obama to
vote against the TPP, but so far, those requests have fallen on deaf ears.
The US government touts the TPP as “an ambitious, 21st century
trade agreement” with Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile,
Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.
“When complete, TPP will unlock opportunities for American workers,
families, businesses, farmers, and ranchers by providing increased
access to some of the fastest growing markets in the world.” MORE
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