[CTC] AFL-CIO: Have You Heard of the TPP Yet?

[Arthur Stamoulis]

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From: "Waren, William" <WWaren at foe.org>
Date: March 8, 2013 11:50:58 AM PST
Subject: Friends of the Earth video: "Peril in the Pacific: No to the  
TPP"

Friends of the Earth Blog

New video: "Peril in the Pacific"
Posted March 7, 2013 / Posted by: Bill Waren

Friends of the Earth, U.S. has released a new video, “Peril in the  
Pacific: Trans Pacific trade agreement threatens people and the  
planet.” The video highlights the threats to the environment and human  
rights posed by the secret negotiation of the TPP deal and in  
particular its draft investment chapter.  (Contro click on theYouTube  
image below to watch the video.)
The video illustrates these threats by telling the story of Chevron v.  
Ecuador, a cautionary tale about an international investment suit  
brought under an existing U.S. treaty that raises important questions  
like: Who should pay to clean up what has been called the “Rainforest  
Chernobyl” in the Ecuadorian Amazon? Why are the people of the  
rainforest who suffered the most not represented at the international  
tribunal hearing the case? Is it U.S. policy to favor the financial  
interests of multi-national corporations over people and the  
environment in such disputes?
The video also asks why the negotiating framework for the Trans  
Pacific Partnership trade deal favors Wall Street and multinational  
corporations at the expense effective environmental and climate  
policy. In particular, why does the U.S. proposal for a TPP investment  
chapter allow transnational corporations to challenge environmental  
laws that protect our air, land and water? These wealthy investors  
could demand millions or even billions of dollars in damages for the  
cost of complying with such environmental regulations, including lost  
future profits.
Friends of the Earth is concerned that the TPP deal potentially  
checkmates many of our past environmental victories, and likewise  
blocks new initiatives on global climate change and  exports of tar  
sands oil, for example. Friends of the Earth is using the video to  
encourage people concerned about the environmental costs of a TPP  
trade deal to talk to their friends, neighbors and fellow  
environmentalists about it. We are even offering copies of the video  
to people interested in screening it at local meetings or sharing it  
with local media. This could move communities, both domestically and  
abroad, to take action on this issue that reflects local priorities  
and values.
For more information about the TPP or organizing a community meeting  
contact Bill Waren at wwaren at foe.org.
Control-click on the YouTube image below to watch the video


williamtwaren at gmail.com has shared a video with you on YouTube

Peril in the Pacific: No to the TPP

by FriendsoftheEarthUS
A short film on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement  
that analyzes what is at stake in the negotiations in general, the  
implications of the proposed investment chapter and the growing  
campaign to challenge the TPP.
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