To: President Donald Trump
Stop the Protection of Foreign Businesses That Act Against American Communities
We, the undersigned, demand that you replace the current Trans-Pacific Partnership draft agreement with an agreement that honors the sovereignty of American and other national and local governments so they can protect their people by regulating foreign and domestic businesses.
Why is this important?
The Obama administration is secretly negotiating a trade pact with Pacific Ocean trading partners, the "Trans Pacific Partnership" (TPP). The TTP pact will limit how US governments at all levels can regulate foreign firms in the USA, extend incentives for American firms to move abroad, allow foreign firms to sue the US government in international tribunals, and allow foreign firms to demand compensation for the costs of complying with American financial and environmental regulations. This will increase the power of big business in America to even greater heights.
For more information, check out this segment of Democracy Now: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/14/breaking_08_pledge_leaked_trade_doc.
For more information, check out this segment of Democracy Now: http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/14/breaking_08_pledge_leaked_trade_doc.