Curious About The Biggest Trade Deal In History? Sorry, It’s Classified
TPP appears to push major restrictions on the free flow of internet content, life-saving medicine and much more. If only we could see it!
Via GlobalPost:
BANGKOK — The Trans-Pacific Partnership sounds deadly boring.
It’s not.
The potential impact on humanity from this proposed mega-deal is impossible to measure. TPP could bankrupt families in Kansas and enrich them in Kuala Lumpur. Or make patented medicine wildly unaffordable for sick people in poor places. Or even imprison citizens of 12 countries for pirating Game of Thrones episodes.
Or maybe, as its proponents claim, TPP could plug the US into Asia’s rising markets and give the global economy a needed jolt. Either way, if secured, it will be a corporation-friendly game changer for 800 mi...