More than half a million people have called on business and political leaders meeting in Virginia to reject the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty. If this deal proceeds, the global campaign group Avaaz is warning that it could allow corporate interests from Big Pharma to Big Oil to Big Tobacco an unprecedented way to override decades of public interest protections -- on everything from health and environmental regulations to a free internet.
Almost 600 corporate representatives have had a direct line into the creation of the TPP, yet most of our elected officials have no idea what is being negotiated. Leaked sections of the TPP suggest it was written to shield businesses from government regulations designed to protect the public interest. Examples of this include undermining protections for air and water, reintroducing measures from an earlier US attack on internet freedom known as SOPA, and steamrolling efforts to produce generic affordable medicines.
http://oneworldgroup.org/2012/09/16/avaaz-fights-secret-agreement/?ow_print=y
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