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A Fast Track to Eroding Our Rights
Trans-Pacific
Partnership has
disastrous
implications
m ote future trade deals. T hose council voted to ban fracking, in in te rn a tio n a l p ro -c o rp o ra te
pacts w ould allow corporations the T P P w ould enable a m u ltin a trad e trib u n a ls, a llo w in g fin a n
to ch allen g e any dem ocratically tional oil co m p an y to sue the c ial in te re s ts to d ic ta te h o w
enacted federal, state o r local local g overning body and o v er w e m a n a g e p u b lic re s o u rc e s
law s and regulations turn the ban.
o r d ism a n tle the sy ste m o f fe d
that w ould lim it their
If A m erican consum ers d e eral p ro te c tio n s w e c u rre n tly
narrow financial in ter m anded that food pro d u cts c o n h a v e in p la c e to re g u la te fo o d
e sts.
taining genetically engineered in an d w ater.
by W enonah H auter
T h e T P P an d the gred ien ts be labeled, the T P P
D espite the far-reach in g im
D o you care about
U .S .-E U F ree T rade w ould g ran t a food corporation plications o f these negotiations,
having access to local
A g reem en t are really a u th o rity to in te rfe re if th e the T P P has m ostly been n eg o
a n d s u s ta in a b ly p r o
corporate p o w er grabs c o m p a n y ’s profits w ere lim ited tiated in secret. O v e r 600 o ffi
duced food or protecting your disguised as trade agreem ents as a result.
cial corp o rate “trade ad v iso rs”
drinking w ater?
containing provisions that w ould
A nd all o f us w ho have been are privy to the specifics in the
A re you concerned about co r u n d e r m in e b a s ic c o n s u m e r dem anding m ore sustainable and
agreem ents, ev en though m em
porate influence distorting our rights, including issues related to locally so u rced food could see
b ers o f C o n g re ss, g o v e rn o rs,
elections?
o u r food, w ater and local so v er o u r effo rts ch allen g ed w hen big state legislators, the m edia, and
If you answ ered yes to eith er eignty.
fo o d c o m p a n ie s in cre ase the the public h a v e n ’t h ad 'access to
o f these questions, you should be
T he T P P th reaten s the very am ount o f im ported food w e re the text.
w orried about legislation S ena essen ce o f o u r dem o cratic p ro ceive from co u n tries w ith a h is
W ell, no access o th er than
tor M ax B aucus, D -M ont. and c e s s
by
p r o m o tin g
th e tory o f food safety violations.
ex cerp ts o f w orking drafts on
Rep. D ave C am p, R -M ich. re p rivatizatio n o f public resources
T he T P P w ould m ake it h arder intellectual p roperty and diluted
cen tly in tro d u c ed th at w o u ld and corp o rate self-regulation. It for governm ents to establish their
en v iro n m en tal p ro tectio n s that
grant the O bam a adm inistration w ould give com panies the ability ow n reg u latio n s to protect the
W ikiL eaks has released.
fast-track authority.
to overrule local g o v ern in g b o d environm ent, rein in financial in
It’s d ep lo rab le that C ongress
T hose m easures w ould allow ies on d ecisio n s ab o u t fracking, terests, protect food safety, and
w ould co n sid er giving up their
the W hite H ouse to quickly push food safety, public health and
support ren ew ab le energy w hile oversig h t role and allow ing the
the T rans P acific P artn ersh ip the environm ent.
protecting us from risky p rac W hite H ouse to push fo r an ac
and an o th er trade deal w ith E u
It w ould have d isastrous im tices like fracking fo r shale gas. celerated .tim etable fo r so m e
rope through C ongress w ith a plications for U.S. consum ers.
U n d erm in in g the d em o cratic thing as critical and far-reach in g
sim ple up or dow n vote.
T h in k c o rp o ra te lo b b y in g p ro c e ss fo r m ak in g d e c isio n s as the TPP.
F a st-tra c k a u th o rity w o u ld p o w er goes m ostly unchecked th a t a ffe c t p u b lic h e a lth and
Wenonah Hauter is the ex
give the O bam a adm inistration n o w ? U n d er the T P P , things the e n v iro n m en t, m an y o f tiñese
ecutive director o f Food and
the unchecked p o w er to pro- w ould look far bleaker. If a tow n d e c isio n s c o u ld be c h a lle n g e d
'Water Watch.