Flush the TPP
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan President Barack Obama and the Republicans in Congress are united. Yes, that’s right. No, not on Obamacare, or on the budget, or on negotiations with Iran, or on...
View Article"A Corporate Trojan Horse": Critics Decry Secretive TPP Trade Deal as a...
NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to the pending vote in Congress on the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership, a global trade deal currently being negotiated between the United States and 11 [other Pacific...
View ArticleRalph Nader on Bernie Sanders, the TPP "Corporate Coup d'État"& Writing to...
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: In Washington, independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday. Launching his campaign, Sanders said the nation’s...
View ArticleRevolt over TPP: Senate Dems Rebuke Obama by Blocking Debate on Secretive...
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: In a surprising setback for President Obama, senators from his own party blocked debate on a bill that would have given the president fast-track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific...
View ArticleJulian Assange on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Secretive Deal Isn't About...
AMY GOODMAN: We return to our exclusive interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. I spoke to him inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on Monday. AMY GOODMAN: Julian Assange, let’s stay with...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Launches Campaign to Offer $100,000 "Bounty" for Leaked Drafts of...
AMY GOODMAN: Despite the Senate vote approving a measure to give President Obama fast-track authority to negotiate the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, opposition to the deal continues to...
View ArticleProtesters Press Secluded G7 Leaders on Harmful Policies, from Crippling...
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Climate change is a top agenda item as leaders of the seven wealthy democracies known as the Group of Seven, or G7, wrap up a two-day meeting in Germany today. Heads of state from...
View ArticleBacklash Against TPP Grows as Leaked Text Reveals Increased Corporate Control...
NERMEEN SHAIKH: House Republicans are set to push for a vote as soon as Friday on approving a measure to give President Obama fast-track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. The...
View ArticleAs Democrats Walk Out on Obama's TPP Deal, Where Does Presidential Candidate...
AMY GOODMAN: Former secretary of state, senator and first lady Hillary Clinton has kicked off her White House bid to become the first woman U.S. president. In a major address on New York’s Roosevelt...
View ArticleCelebration Day at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce? A Debate on Who Benefits...
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: The Senate is expected to vote today to give President Obama fast-track trade-negotiating authority to speed up new trade deals, including the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Patient Arrested for Protesting TPP: "This is Price Gouging at...
AMY GOODMAN: The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations reached an agreement Monday on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest regional trade accord in history. The agreement has been...
View ArticleNAFTA on Steroids: Consumer Groups Slam the TPP as 12 Nations Agree to Trade...
AMY GOODMAN: I want to bring Rob Weissman into the conversation. Robert Weissman is president of Public Citizen. Can you put this in the larger context, Rob, of the TPP overall—who this benefits, who...
View ArticleJoseph Stiglitz: Under TPP, Polluters Could Sue U.S. for Setting Carbon...
AMY GOODMAN: Finally, Joseph Stiglitz, you just recently wrote a piece, "The Trans-Pacific Partnership Charade: TPP Isn’t about 'Free' Trade at All." Explain. JOSEPH STIGLITZ: Well, it was very much...
View ArticleNobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on "Rewriting the Rules of the American...
Part 2 of our conversation with Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia University professor Joseph Stiglitz, author of the new book, "Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy: An Agenda for...
View ArticleFull Text of TPP Trade Deal Revealed -- and Critics Say It's Even Worse Than...
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: One of the biggest and most secretive trade deals in history has finally been revealed in full—and critics say it’s even worse than they thought. On Thursday, the complete text of the...
View Article"A Very Big Mistake": Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP
AMY GOODMAN: I mean, what’s very interesting is you have Bernie Sanders really stressing inequality. This pushes Hillary Clinton to do this, because he has gained so much momentum and drawn tens of...
View ArticleMystery Meat: After WTO Ruling, U.S. Tosses Meat Origin Labeling Law, Leaving...
AMY GOODMAN: Since we’ve last talked, the WTO issued a major decision around meat. Can you explain its significance and how it fits into the story? LORI WALLACH: So, that’s what I was mentioning...
View ArticleTransCanada Sues the U.S. for $15B for Rejecting Keystone XL. Will This Be...
AMY GOODMAN: TransCanada Corporation has sued the U.S. government over its rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. On Wednesday, it filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court alleging President Obama’s...
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