SUBHEAD: An trade agreement allowing corporations to override national, state and county authority to regulate those industries.
[IB Publisher's note on 3/16/15: Koohan Paik sent these links of photos of demonstrations against TPP during meetings on Hawaii last week. Article here (http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/blog/2015/03/15/hawaii-islanders-protest-outside-secretive-tpp-trade-summit/). See more photos here (http://malu-aina.org/?p=3039) and here (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.718488031603148.1073741830.710570195728265&type=1)]
By Staff on 8 March 2015 for GMO Free Hawaii -
(http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2015/03/tpp-meeting-on-hawaii.html)
Image above: From (http://hawaiiindependent.net/story/whats-in-the-leaked-tpp-chapter).
Top-secret international Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks are to take place March 9-15 on Hawaii Island at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott in North Kona.
WHAT IS THE TPP?
It is a totally non-transparent trade agreement of the world’s “1%” to negotiate a mega-trade treaty that would give ultimate power to 600 corporations like Wal-Mart, Monsanto, Goldman-Sachs, Pfizer, Halliburton, Philip Morris, GE, GM, Apple, etc. to override our own country, state and county authority to regulate those industries that may stand in the way of corporate profits through the agreed to and legally binding use of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system.
Under this treaty, we could be sued as a country or smaller governing entity by corporations if our laws stand in the way of profits for these companies, similarly to what has happened with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly's lawsuit against Canada, through the NAFTA trade agreement. The TPP has been described as “NAFTA on steroids.”
Countries involved: U.S., Japan, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.
For more information on this trade agreement, read here: http://wolfstreet.com/2015/03/01/crunch-time-for-the-global-corporatocracy.
DETAILS:
· TPP will offshore millions of good-paying jobs to low-wage nations, undercutting working conditions globally and increasing unemployment.
· TPP will expand pharmaceutical monopoly protections and institute longer patents that will decrease access to affordable medications
· TPP will ban GMO Home Rule laws, limit GMO labeling, and allow the import of goods that do not meet US safe standards.
· TPP will encourage the privatization of lands and natural resources in areas where indigenous people live.
· TPP will roll back Wall Street regulations, and prohibit bans on risky financial services.
LECTURES HILO SIDE
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 11, 6:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Hilo Woman’s Club, 7 Lele St., Hilo
LECTURES KONA SIDE
WHEN:
Friday, March 13, 6:00 p.m.,
WHERE:
West Hawaii Civic Ctr., Council Chambers
Speakers to include:
Dr. Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sanya Reid-Smith, Third World Network, Malaysia
Palikapu Dedman, Pele Defense Fund and Ohana Ho'opakele, Hawaii Island
Eric Gill, UNITE HERE, Local 5!, Honolulu
Juliet Begley, Americans for Democratic Action, Hawaii Island
ALOHA ‘AINA “DAY OF ACTION”
A Peaceful Protest
Against TPP & for HomeRule, Sovereighnty, Democracy & Transparency
WHEN:
Saturday, March 14, 11:00-1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway entrance to Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort
CONTACT:
Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489, Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawaii 96760
Phone: 808-966-7622
Email: ja@malu-aina.org
Website: www.malu-aina.org
.
[IB Publisher's note on 3/16/15: Koohan Paik sent these links of photos of demonstrations against TPP during meetings on Hawaii last week. Article here (http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/blog/2015/03/15/hawaii-islanders-protest-outside-secretive-tpp-trade-summit/). See more photos here (http://malu-aina.org/?p=3039) and here (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.718488031603148.1073741830.710570195728265&type=1)]
By Staff on 8 March 2015 for GMO Free Hawaii -
(http://islandbreath.blogspot.com/2015/03/tpp-meeting-on-hawaii.html)
Image above: From (http://hawaiiindependent.net/story/whats-in-the-leaked-tpp-chapter).
Top-secret international Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks are to take place March 9-15 on Hawaii Island at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott in North Kona.
WHAT IS THE TPP?
It is a totally non-transparent trade agreement of the world’s “1%” to negotiate a mega-trade treaty that would give ultimate power to 600 corporations like Wal-Mart, Monsanto, Goldman-Sachs, Pfizer, Halliburton, Philip Morris, GE, GM, Apple, etc. to override our own country, state and county authority to regulate those industries that may stand in the way of corporate profits through the agreed to and legally binding use of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system.
Under this treaty, we could be sued as a country or smaller governing entity by corporations if our laws stand in the way of profits for these companies, similarly to what has happened with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly's lawsuit against Canada, through the NAFTA trade agreement. The TPP has been described as “NAFTA on steroids.”
Countries involved: U.S., Japan, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.
For more information on this trade agreement, read here: http://wolfstreet.com/2015/03/01/crunch-time-for-the-global-corporatocracy.
DETAILS:
· TPP will offshore millions of good-paying jobs to low-wage nations, undercutting working conditions globally and increasing unemployment.
· TPP will expand pharmaceutical monopoly protections and institute longer patents that will decrease access to affordable medications
· TPP will ban GMO Home Rule laws, limit GMO labeling, and allow the import of goods that do not meet US safe standards.
· TPP will encourage the privatization of lands and natural resources in areas where indigenous people live.
· TPP will roll back Wall Street regulations, and prohibit bans on risky financial services.
LECTURES HILO SIDE
WHEN:
Wednesday, March 11, 6:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Hilo Woman’s Club, 7 Lele St., Hilo
LECTURES KONA SIDE
WHEN:
Friday, March 13, 6:00 p.m.,
WHERE:
West Hawaii Civic Ctr., Council Chambers
Speakers to include:
Dr. Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sanya Reid-Smith, Third World Network, Malaysia
Palikapu Dedman, Pele Defense Fund and Ohana Ho'opakele, Hawaii Island
Eric Gill, UNITE HERE, Local 5!, Honolulu
Juliet Begley, Americans for Democratic Action, Hawaii Island
ALOHA ‘AINA “DAY OF ACTION”
A Peaceful Protest
Against TPP & for HomeRule, Sovereighnty, Democracy & Transparency
WHEN:
Saturday, March 14, 11:00-1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway entrance to Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort
CONTACT:
Malu 'Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box 489, Ola'a (Kurtistown) Hawaii 96760
Phone: 808-966-7622
Email: ja@malu-aina.org
Website: www.malu-aina.org
.
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