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Trump flip-flops again, says he wants to rejoin TPP
In a striking reversal, U.S. President Donald Trump has asked trade officials to explore the possibility of the United States rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, a free trade deal he pulled out of during his first days in office as part of his “America First” agenda. So, what is the difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at this point? Their rhetoric?
Trump’s request...
Trump calls for 20% import tax from Mexico to pay for border wall
After signing an executive order to build a wall on the US southern border, President Donald Trump has said that Mexico will pay for the costs of the construction “one way or another.” The White House has hinted that would be with an import tax.
In the past, Trump has said that the initial funds for the wall would come from US taxpayers, and later be reimbursed by Mexico; however, Mexican...
Bernie Sanders applauds Trump's Executive Order to Withdraw from TPP
President Donald Trump is being commended by former presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) as well as some Democrats facing tough reelection campaigns, following his executive order removing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
“I am glad the Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead and gone,” Sanders said in a statement Monday.
The self-declared democratic socialist campaigned...
Asian Press Reporting US has Withdrawn from the TPP
WikiLeaks has tweeted that the Asian Press is already reporting that the US has withdrawn from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Trump stated in late November that the first thing he would do on his first day in office would be to pull out of the TPP. The TPP was expected to send more US jobs offshore and another major criticism is that the:
TPP will protect and guarantee profits for multinational...
Leaked Documents Reveal Soda Giant Coca-Cola Is Pushing Amnesty, TPP
Leaked Wikileaks emails during the campaign revealed a cozy relationship between Coca-Cola and Hillary Clinton’s inner circle including political favors and late-night appeals. The company donated at least $4.3 million to the Clinton Foundation between 2004 and 2010.
Now, the soda giant is set to face a new round of scrutiny. Lobbying filings revealed that Coca-Cola has been quietly pushing for...
Peruvians riot TPP & Obama visit, clash with police, dozens arrested
Police surrounded and scuffled with over 100 activists who gathered in Lima’s financial quarter to denounce the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal and visiting US President Barack Obama, who is there to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (APEC).
The demonstrators were holding signs with the letters TPP crossed over, slogans reading “TPP kills” and other banners as they sought to march...
Japan approves already dead TPP deal
Ruling coalition lawmakers stand to approve the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal in the lower house of the parliament in Tokyo on November 10, 2016.
Japan’s Lower House of parliament has passed the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement, despite the fact the deal is likely doomed after Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory. Even...
Bayer Buys Monsanto: The Empire Strikes Back
This is the largest corporate cash buyout in history.
Mega-giant Bayer put $66 billion on the table, and mega-giant Monsanto said yes.
Think GMOs, crop seeds, pesticides, medical drugs.
Keep in mind that one of the consultants on the European side of this deal is the Rothschild Group.
But that’s not all. Dow and DuPont are planning to merge. Recently, another biotech giant, Syngenta, was swallowed...
NRA: Libertarian VP Candidate ‘Anti-Gun’
The Libertarian Party is running an anti-gun candidate for vice president, the NRA warned.
“As governor of Massachusetts, William Weld supported various gun control schemes, including a ban on semi-automatic firearms,” the NRA confirmed. “Unfortunately, and despite being the Libertarian candidate for vice president, Weld continues his anti-gun ways.”
Weld recently confirmed his anti-gun stance...
PBS Chopped Out Green Party Nominee Jill Stein's Criticism of Hillary
MEDIA CORRUPTION REACHES NEW LOW!
PBS Censors Green Party Candidate Jill Stein!
Deletes all of her criticism of Hillary Clinton!
Jill Stein’s criticism of the TPP and Hillary Clinton was cut from the PBS Newshour August 23, 2016.
PBS cut out nearly two-thirds of Jill Steins answer to the last question!
Now the far left knows how conservatives feel on a daily basis.
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State Department Blocks Release of Hillary's TPP Emails Until After Election
The Obama administration blocked release of Hillary Clinton’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) related emails until after the November election.
Obama said he will do what he can to get a Democrat elected president in the fall and he meant it.
Don’t look for Hillary to be indicted for her email crimes either.
Investor’s Business Daily reported, via Free Republic:
Trade is a hot issue in the 2016...
What Ted Cruz Really Thinks About the American Worker
Despite the old guard and amateur pundits blaming Donald Trump and the majority of GOP voters who support him, much of the rift in the Republican Party has been caused by Texas Senator Ted Cruz conning nationalists into believing he is one of them. Republican voters, many of whom have supported the GOP for decades and been repeatedly taken for granted by the establishment, deserve better. They need...
New Zealand minister assaulted by angry protesters after signing TPP deal
Mass protests over the TPP in New Zealand did not pass by without humor and tomfoolery; a day after thousands took to the streets of Auckland, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce was hit in the face with a sex toy thrown by a woman, while speaking at Waitangi.
Joyce was an easy target, giving an interview to the press, following the February 4 signing of the TPP agreement, hailed as “the...
Obama's Priority, TPP, Is Even Worse Than Thought - Kevin Zeese
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a controversial trade agreement that the Obama administration spent years negotiating in secret, is “worse than we expected,” public interest lawyer and activist Kevin Zeese told Sputnik Radio.
The TPP is a wide-ranging economic agreement between 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and the Pacific coasts of the Americas primarily aimed at deregulating trade....
Obama to Expand Modern-Day Slave Trade With TPP
Not long after the White House invited Thailand to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the AP reported the country was relying on slave labor to ship shrimp to the U.S.
And it’s unlikely Thailand’s billion-dollar slave industry would prevent it from joining the TPP considering that Obama previously removed an anti-slavery provision from the TPP and also allowed Vietnam to join the partnership...