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breakingtheset Published on Dec 18, 2014 Abby Martin interviews Author and Activist, John Perkins, discussing the economic impact of the US’ new policy towards Cuba as well as the damage that international free trade agreements do to third world economies. … Continue reading →

How TPP and trade agreements undermine the Paris climate agreement By Ben Lilliston Published September 6, 2016 On Earth Day 2016, the U.S. joined 175 countries in signing the United Nations Paris climate agreement setting a path forward to reduce … Continue reading →

TheRealNews Published on Sep 25, 2016 The Trans-Pacific Partnership will undermine the ability of countries to control polluting and extractive industries, says Ben Lilliston Global Climate Change Environment Ethics Environment Justice

Bernie Sanders Published on Sep 14, 2016 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other leading congressional critics of a proposed Pacific Rim trade deal held a Capitol Hill news conference Tuesday as a coalition of labor, environmental and religious groups launched … Continue reading →

RT America Published on Sep 9, 2016 President Obama just paid a historic visit to the poor, communist country of Laos. While there, he pledged $90 million to help clean up unexploded bombs that lie all over the country after … Continue reading →

Climate change is expected to disrupt agricultural production, therefore increasing food price volatility in years to come. iStock/fotokostic Two big international agreements have been in the news lately. Last week, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed onto the … Continue reading →

thomhartmann Published on Sep 8, 2016 Guest host Alex Lawson speaks with Lori Wallach, Executive Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, about how to talk to Congress members about stopping the Trans Pacific Partnership. Global Climate Change Environment Ethics … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on Sep 8, 2016 http://democracynow.org – As the Obama administration begins a new push to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership, known as the TPP, more than 200 of the country’s leading economists and legal scholars have written a … Continue reading →

The Big Picture RT Published on Sep 8, 2016 President Obama says that the TPP will keep us safe from Chinese aggression. But he’s wrong and he knows it. Global Climate Change Environment Ethics Environment Justice