Episode

13/9 Zach Carter: New Corporate Powers In Secret TPP Trade Deal

December 9, 2013

Huffington Post economics reporter Zach Carter, explains what the Trans Pacific Partnership is, how leaked documents show that the Obama Administration is pushing for a stun growth of Corporate power in the TPP trade deal, how the TPP could undermine financial regulation and make medications more expansive, how TPP undermines democratic institutions and will Congress pass “Fast Track” trade authority.

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