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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results44 Connexions Library1 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 4 Sources Library 2 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAll Rights Reserved: Now We Know the Final TTP is Everything We Feared Malcolm, Jeremy Article 2015 The release by Wikileaks of what is believed to be the current and essentially final version of the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) confirms our worst fears a... Beyond Banksters: Resisting the New Feudalism Nelson, Joyce Book 2016 Beyond Banksters explores how the powers of the Bank of Canada were appropriated in the 1970s, resulting in billions of dollars in public debt. From Milton Friedman to Justin Trudeau's Canada Infrastr... Canada After Harper: His Ideology-fuelled Attack on Canadian Society and Values, and How We Can Resist and Create the Country We Want Finn, Ed (editor) Book 2015 Essays documenting the breadth and depth of the Harper government's attack on institutions, policies, and programs that embody values and principles shared by most Canadians: education, health care, w... The Chinese Working Women's Network: Against The Current vol. 113 Ngai, Pun; Ming, Yang Lie Article 2004 There is no doubt that China is growing rapidly in importance in the global economy. China has now surpassed the United States as the largest destination in the world for foreign investment. While man... Connexions Library: Economy, Poverty, Work Focus  Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on the economy and economics. The Creation of World Poverty Hayter, Teresa Book 1981 Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the ri... Earning a Profit from Global Warming Dolack, Peter Article 2015 As evidence mounts that a warming world is hurtling toward the point of no return, the plan of the world's governments is to make adjustments to the ability of corporations to profit from polluting. S... FTAA, The Hydra's New Head: Against The Current vol. 90 Hart-Landsberg, Martin Article 2001 Capitalism in many ways is like the mythical hydra of Greek legend, a gigantic serpent with multiple heads, the center one being immortal; every time an attacker chopped off one of its outer heads, tw... GATS: How the World Trade Organization's new "services" negotiations threaten democracy Sinclair, Scott Book 2000 Examines closed-door negotiations to expand the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), which have the goal of commercialize every service sector in every WTO country, including essential servi... Goodbye to democracy if TTIP is passed Dolack, Pete Article 2016 The leaked chapters of the EU-US TTIP 'free trade' deal reveal a shredding of health, environmental and other protections for consumers and citizens. It's a wet dream for corporate monopolists and pro... Here's how much corporations paid US senators to fast-track the TPP bill Gibson, Robert; Channing, Taylor Article 2015 Documenting the corruption of the U.S. political system. Leaked TTIP papers reveal 100% corporate sellout Tickell, Oliver Article 2016 Secret documents leaked to Greenpeace from the EU-US TTIP negotiations show that environmental protection, climate change mitigation, consumer protection, public health and sustainability are sacrific... The Lie Machine: The Media and the TTIP Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2014 I have come to the conclusion that the West is a vast lie machine for the secret agendas of vested interests. Consider, for example, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Transpa... NAFTA's Chapter 11 Makes Canada Most-Sued Country Under Free Trade Tribunals Freeman, Sunny Article 2015 According to a new study, Canada is the most-sued country under the North American Free Trade Agreement and a majority of the disputes involve investors challenging the country's environmental laws. Netizen Report: Rights at Risk Under Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Roberts Biddle, Ellery; Myers West, Sarah Article 2015 The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement may soon become reality after years of high-level trade deliberations that have been held almost entirely behind closed doors. The New Protectionism: Protecting the Future Against Free Trade Lang, Tim; Hines, Colin; Hightower, Jim Book 1994 This book analyses the powers behind the free trade argument to present an outline of what a viable and more just future could be. OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing 'Trade' Under the TPP? Gies, Heahter Article 2015 The Central American country of El Salvador could be forced to pay US$301 million to Canadian-Australian mining multinational OceanaGold as the two face off in a World Bank investor-state tribunal wit... On Guard for Thee: An Independent Review of the Free Trade Agreement Bowker, Marjorie Montgomery Book 1988 Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 8, 2015: Elections Diemer, Ulli (editor); Richwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Elections are the topic of the week, with items related to the October 19 Canadian federal election, and also to broader issues of parliamentary democracy, voting and whether voting can bring about ch... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 7, 2015: Corporate rights treaties Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Our focus is on the corporate rights treaties that are misleadingly sold as trade agreements. In particular, the spotlight is on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated in secret, and now scheduled ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 22, 2017: Secrecy and Power Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Secrecy is a weapon the powerful use against their enemies: us. This issue of Other Voices explores the relationship of secrecy and power. Paris Climate Agreement Threatened by Trade Deals Nelson, Joyce Article 2015 Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. has galvanized discussion about climate change and raised hopes for the upcoming December COP21 Paris climate change talks. Those talks are intended to lead to a multil... Private Profits vs Public Policy: The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Canadian State Lexchin, Joel Book 2016 According to Joel Lexchin, "Given the central role that medicines play in keeping us healthy, it is essential that we understand the policy environment that governs drug development, from the initial ... The Protectionist Trap: Against The Current vol. 88 Lund, Caroline Article 2000 In July, the United Nations and some fifty large corporations came to an agreement that the companies would all respect workers' rights and protect the environment in their investments around the worl... Safety Last: The Failure of the Consumer Health Protection System in Canada Regush, Nicholas Book 1993 Regush investigates how new medical devices and drugs are tested. He argues that the health protection bureaucracy is doing shoddy work, caving in to pressure from pharmaceutical corporations instead ... Salvadorans Warn Canadians about World Bank's Kangaroo Court Guerra, Rene Article 2015 In anticipation of an imminent ruling from the World Bank's little known investor-state arbitration tribunal that could force El Salvador to pay Canadian mining firm OceanaGold US$301 million, a Salva... The Thrust Toward Opacity: Shh! It's a Secret! Glickman Gene Article 2013 Lately we’ve been bombarded by Secrets. We don’t know many of the details, but we do know of their existence, at least some of them. Let’s turn briefly to some specifics, first in the area of intellig... TIPP: Advancing American Imperialism Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2016 Greenpeace has done that part of the world whose representatives are so corrupt or so stupid as to sign on to the Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic "partnerships" a great service. Greenpeace secured an... TISA 'free trade' deal to force draconian social, environmental, financial deregulation Dolack, Pete Article 2016 A leaked text from the 'Trade In Services Agreement' negotiations shows that TISA is set to unleash a massive wave of deregulation affecting social, environmental and financial standards, and force th... Toolkit for a New Canada - 2013 Edition Article 2013 A pamphlet providing a snapshot of what the contributors, brought together by Canadian Dimensionmagazine, believe are the big issues facing Canada in the second decade of the 21st century. The article... Top 5 Reasons Eaters should be Worried about Obama's New Trade Deal Article 2015 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a wide-ranging deal that would expand corporate rights across member states to the detriment of worker rights, the environment, and public health. TPP a Gift to Plutocrats? Canada's Trade Minister Wrote the Book on Them Nuttall, Jeremy J. Article 2015 Canada's new trade minister has sitting on her desk the sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal some say will accelerate the gap between rich and poor by protecting corporations' interests over tho... TPP: Big Pharma's Big Deal Nelson, Joyce Article 2015 We still don't know all the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal tentatively agreed to on Oct. 5 by negotiators from 12 Pacific Rim countries, but already critics are slamming it ... TPP is "Worst Trade Agreement" for Medicine Access, Says Doctors Without Borders Yakupitiyage,Tharanga Article 2015 The TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] will…go down in history as the worst trade agreement for access to medicines in developing countries, said Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in... TPP Trade Pact Would Give Wall Street a Trump Card to Block Regulations Dayen, David Article 2015 Banks and other financial institutions would be able to use provisions in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership to block new regulations that cut into their profits, according to the text of the trad... Transpacific Partnership and Monsanto Chicherio, Barbara Article 2013 The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has the potential to become the biggest regional Free Trade Agreement in history, both in economic size and the ability to quietly add more countries in addition to... TTIP is on the rocks. Let's defeat these toxic trade deals! Taylor, Guy; Dearden, Nick Article 2016 The TTIP EU-US trade deal has finally hit the rocks with massive popular opposition on both sides of the Atlantic gaining serious political traction. There's now a good chance that TTIP will be defeat... Vietnam: From National Liberation to Trans-Pacific Vassalage 1975-2015 Petras, James Article 2015 In 1975 the people of Vietnam successfully ended one of the longest and bloodiest anti-colonial wars in world-history – defeating the US, the world's biggest imperial power, after 20 years of struggle... We're not having it! $15bn KXL lawsuit shows what's wrong with 'trade deals' Cossar-Gilbert, Sam Article 2016 TransCanada has just made a big mistake by bringing its $15 billion lawsuit against the US government for refusing the Keystone XL pipeline, writes Sam Cossar-Gilbert. The move has exposed the real na... Wikileaks releases 'largest trove of docs exposing secret TiSA trade deal Article 2015 WikiLeaks has published 17 secret documents related to a controversial trade agreement currently being negotiated behind closed doors between the US, EU and over 20 WTO members. The World Trade Organization: A Citizen's Guide Shrybman, Steven Book 1999 Shrybman argues that the WTO not only aggravates envrionmental and social problems, but takes away the tools that governments need to address them. 'Worse Than We Thought': TPP A Total Corporate Power Grab Nightmare Article 2015 On issues ranging from climate change to food safety, from open Internet to access to medicines, the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) is a disaster. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesNorth-South Institute/L'Institut Nord-Sud Provides policy-relevant research on the North-South issues of relations between industrialized and developing countries, in particular monitoring Canada's foreign policy role and its relations with t... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibrarySecrecy and Power Introduction to the July 22, 2017 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli 2017 It is one of the essential attributes of power that it insists on secrecy. Or, more precisely, those who wield power over others routinely claim that the details of what they do, and why they do it, a... Trade agreements and the corporate war on democracy Introduction to the November 7, 2015 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli 2015 The Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated in secret, and now scheduled to be rubber-stamped by national governments on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, is best understood as a major milestone in the long-... TTIP will legalize cancer-causing chemicals banned by EU, trade union warns 2015 Britain could be flooded with harmful chemicals currently banned in the European Union if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal is signed next week, a trade union has warned. Users Have Been Betrayed in the Final TPP Deal -- Help Us Tell Washington How You Feel Malcolm, Jeremy 2015 Trade negotiators from the U.S. and its 11 Pacific Rim partners announced their agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) today, concluding the final round of closed negotiations in A... From the Connexions ArchivesCouncil of Canadians Website Promoting economic justicem safeguarding social programs, renewing democratization, asserting Canadian sovereignty, advancing alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and preserving the environmen... 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