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"Free Trade" Was Never Really About Trade

Stan Sorscher | Posted 06.17.2013 | Business
Read More: Trans-Pacific Partnership Tpp, Tafta, US Europe Trade, Free Trade, Globalization, Industrial Policy, Citizens United, Nafta, Investor Rights, Access to Medicines, Civil Society, Business News
Stan Sorscher

We need to think differently about trade. First, let me say that I am 100% in favor of trade. Trade is when we do what we do best, they do what they do best, and we trade. Trade, done right, will raise living standards.

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TAFTA (Part 2): Citizens of the Food Movement, Be Prepared!

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 06.04.2013 | Politics
Read More: Ecological Issues, Tafta, Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement, Food, Wto, European Food Safety Authority, Food Labeling, Environment, Politics News, Precautionary Principle, Free Trade, Ttip, Labeling, Farming, Health and Safety, Nafta, Gmos, Food Systems, Careers, Trade, Country of Origin, European Union, United States, GMO Labeling, Toxic Chemicals, Food System, Consumer Protection, GE Crops, Food Safety, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Food Security, Economy, Politics News
Elizabeth Kucinich

Given that around 26 states in the U.S. have moved to enact more comprehensive labeling requirements for GMOs, any trade measures that could threaten the rights of U.S. citizens to democratically determine higher standards in food labeling, should be opposed.

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TAFTA: Code Word 'Harmonization,' a Race to the Bottom or the Top?

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 06.02.2013 | Politics
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Elizabeth Kucinich

The majority of binding and enforceable rulings of the WTO and those of other trade bodies such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) demonstrate a consistent pattern of lowering food, environmental, labor, or consumer safety standards in behest to trade agendas.

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Zach Carter

Obama's EU Trade Deal Would Include New Political Powers For Corporations

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is pursuing a free trade agreement with the European Union that would grant corporations new political power to...

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SOTU, TPP, TAFTA -- WTF?

Lori Wallach | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics
Read More: Tpp, Exports, Jobs, Free Trade, Tafta, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Barack Obama, Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, Sotu, Trade, Nafta, Trans-Atlantic FTA, Fta, Obama State of the Union, Sotu 2013, State of the Union, Politics News
Lori Wallach

Did you notice the two rabid skunks President Obama unleashed at the State of the Union picnic?

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A US-Europe Free Trade Deal Allows US to Rethink Immigration Policy

Iain Murray | Posted 02.19.2013 | Business
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Iain Murray

Momentum seems to be gaining this week on the idea of a Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA). But if the joint White House-European Union committee exploring the topic is to be of any value, it needs to examine a key corollary to free trade -- labor mobility.

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Transatlantic Free Trade Must Be Done Right

Iain Murray | Posted 02.09.2013 | Business
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Iain Murray

There's a buzz in both Berlin and D.C. these days for free trade as a potential path back to growth for ailing economies. Indeed, a Transatlantic Free Trade area would be a very good idea -- but a highly regulated trade area would not deliver the benefits promised.

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