... Er Obama administrationen oplært fra Bjarne Corydon ministerium eller omvendt, men arrogance, hemmelighedskræmmeri, fordækte politiske rævekager og ledelsesstruktur med totalitære meterdemokrati?
Følgende liste over emner, mht. denne (TTP) traktat, set ud fra en malaysisk nyhedskilde syn ...
• indenlandske domstolsafgørelser og internationale juridiske standarder (f.eks tvingende nationale love om både handel og nontrade anliggender, udenlandske investorers ret til at sagsøge regeringer i internationale domstole, som ville tilsidesætte den nationale suverænitet)
• miljøregler (f.eks atomenergi, forurening, bæredygtighed)
• finansiel deregulering (fx mere magt og privilegier til bankfolk og finansfolk)
• fødevaresikkerhed (f.eks sænke selvforsyning med fødevarer, forbud mod obligatorisk mærkning af genetisk modificerede produkter, eller bovin spongiform encephalopati (BSE) eller kogalskab)
• Regeringens indkøb (f.eks, ikke mere købe lokalt producerede / dyrket)
• Internet frihed (f.eks overvågning og politiarbejde brugerens aktivitet)
• arbejdskraft (f.eks velfærd regulering, sikkerhed på arbejdspladsen, flytter indenlandske arbejdspladser i udlandet)
• patentbeskyttelse, ophavsret (f.eks mindske adgangen til overkommelige medicin)
• offentlig adgang til vigtige tjenesteydelser kan begrænses på grund af investeringsregler (f.eks, vand, elektricitet og gas)
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By MICHAEL WESSEL, May 19, 2015
You need to tell me what’s wrong with this trade agreement, not one that was passed 25 years ago,” a frustrated President Barack Obama recently complained about criticisms of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). He’s right. The public criticisms of the TPP have been vague. That’s by design—anyone who has read the text of the agreement could be jailed for disclosing its contents. I’ve actually read the TPP text provided to the government’s own advisors, and I’ve given the president an earful about how this trade deal will damage this nation. But I can’t share my criticisms with you.
I can tell you that Elizabeth Warren is right about her criticism of the trade deal. We should be very concerned about what's hidden in this trade deal—and particularly how the Obama administration is keeping information secret even from those of us who are supposed to provide advice.
So-called “cleared advisors” like me are prohibited from sharing publicly the criticisms we’ve lodged about specific proposals and approaches. The government has created a perfect Catch 22: The law prohibits us from talking about the specifics of what we’ve seen, allowing the president to criticize us for not being specific. Instead of simply admitting that he disagrees with me—and with many other cleared advisors—about the merits of the TPP, the president instead pretends that our specific, pointed criticisms don’t exist.
What I can tell you is that the administration is being unfair to those who are raising proper questions about the harms the TPP would do. To the administration, everyone who questions their approach is branded as a protectionist—or worse—dishonest. They broadly criticize organized labor, despite the fact that unions have been the primary force in America pushing for strong rules to promote opportunity and jobs. And they dismiss individuals like me who believe that, first and foremost, a trade agreement should promote the interests of domestic producers and their employees.
I’ve been deeply involved in trade policy for almost four decades. For 21 years, I worked for former Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt and handled all trade policy issues including “fast track,” the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization’s Uruguay Round, which is the largest trade agreement in history. I am also a consultant to various domestic producers and the United Steelworkers union, for whom I serve as a cleared advisor on two trade advisory committees. To top it off, I was a publicly acknowledged advisor to the Obama campaign in 2008.
Obama may no longer be listening to my advice, but Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren might as well be. Warren, of course, has been perhaps the deal’s most vocal critic, but even the more cautious Clinton has raised the right questions on what a good TPP would look like. Her spokesman, Nick Merrill, said: “She will be watching closely to see what is being done to crack down on currency manipulation, improve labor rights, protect the environment and health, promote transparency and open new opportunities for our small businesses to export overseas. As she warned in her book Hard Choices, we shouldn’t be giving special rights to corporations at the expense of workers and consumers.”