Tag: TPP
TPP: Urgent need for full, independent assessment
Hearings into the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership kicked off in Vancouver with a stark warning from the Trade Justice Network about the deal’s many negative consequences, and an urgent call for a comprehensive, public and independent assessment of the pact. TJN co-chair Blair Redlin told members of the House of Commons Committee on International Trade there […]
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Making sense of the TPP: A forum at the University of Ottawa
On April 1, a blue-ribbon panel of experts from Canada, the United States and Europe will hold a forum in Ottawa on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. The keynote speaker at this free event will be Noble Prize-winning economist Dr. Joseph Stiglitz. Proponents of the TPP argue that it is a once-in-a-generation trade deal that will […]
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