Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Global trade agreements put profit ahead saving the biosphere

Daily Kos: Obama's TPP "could undo key global environmental protections": "The Obama administration is retreating from previous demands of strong international environmental protections in order to reach agreement on a sweeping Pacific trade deal that is a pillar of President Obama’s strategic shift to Asia, according to documents obtained by WikiLeaks, environmentalists and people close to the contentious trade talks."

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