Thursday, October 08, 2015

Wikileaks - The US strategy to create a new global legal and economic system: TPP, TTIP, TISA

In recent days, we've been hearing a lot about the TPP, and it's potential for problems for democracy. But I hadn't realized just how far-ranging and frightening the full impact of these "trade" deals really are. I had only the barest understanding that the TPP was part of a three-pronged effort by the US to break free of the World Trade Organization structure.

If you want to start to learn more, this video from WikiLeaks (which has brought us much of the secret negotiations of the TPP) is informative.