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It's maddening to see how openly corrupt this process is. Having trade negotiations in secret might be defensible, but the direct access and involvement of rich
by Maarten88 11y ago
It's maddening to see how openly corrupt this process is. Having trade negotiations in secret might be defensible, but the direct access and involvement of rich and powerful industries into this process while simply ignoring public interest is incomprehensible. Politicians have fully sold out.
- mhuffman 11y agoIt really is! Trade agreements affect everyone, not just select industries. I can almost understand how "industry experts" need to be consulted if the negotiators are not experts themselves. However, once that is over, the voting process is also completed by people beholden to the select industries and "fast-tracked" through congress. The worse part of all is that you can't just vote in new politicians to overturn it; breaking a treaty with another country is typically a big deal and much more of a problem then just overturning a law, for example. This whole process is a mess!
- rayiner 11y agoI don't think having trade negotiations in secret is defensible--I think they should have to make this sausage in public view. But the express purpose of this process is protecting the interests of rich American corporations abroad. We want to expand the market for American products, hopefully creating jobs in the process domestically, while limiting access of foreign companies to our markets.
- rndmind 11y agoHave no doubt these "american" corporations have no loyalty to any country, just loyalty to avarice and immediate gains.