On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 5:57:06 PM UTC-7, Howard Beal wrote:
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More than 1,000 people filed a lawsuit against the Japanese
government Friday seeking to halt its involvement in the 12-country talks
for a Pacific Rim free trade agreement as "unconstitutional."
The plaintiffs said, however, the TPP would change a number of rules and
regulations concerning people's lives "for the sake of the freedom and
profits of global corporations."
One lawyer in a 157-member legal team working for the plaintiffs said the
TPP is "a risky pact that would fundamentally overturn domestic systems."
As for an investor-state dispute settlement clause which the TPP member
nations are negotiating to introduce to give a multinational company the
right to sue a state for compensation, the plaintiffs expressed opposition
saying it would jeopardize Japan's judicial independence.
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/n...dm075000c.html
Seems people around the world are wising up to corporate goverence in the
form
of trade agreements.
Best Regards
Tom.
No American workers union supports the TPP that I know of because they know how badly TPP will effect American jobs.
People that are anti-American worker support TPP. People like slow eddy.