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Hillary Clinton no different than Obama, just 'more militant' - Chomsky
President Barack Obama is an “opportunist” with “awful” policies, one of the world’s top intellectuals, American linguist Noam Chomsky, has said. He was extremely critical of Obama’s use of drones in the Middle East and the secretive TPP trade deals.
“I’m not one of those who was disillusioned,” the 86-year old author and political activist said...
TPP Begins to Unravel as Obama Launches Final Push For Votes
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade package is beginning to unravel, with more prominent voices slamming President Obama and the Republican leadership over the secretive deal that threatens to cost American jobs and hand big corporations new powers that would violate national sovereignty.
House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) refused...
Senate passes bill granting Obama 'fast-track' TPP authority
The US Senate passed a controversial “fast-track” trade bill in a 62-37 vote on Friday. It is a key part of President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia, which aims to counter China’s rising economic and diplomatic power via the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The bill will now head to the House of Representatives for a vote early next month, where it is expected to face a tougher showdown.
If...
TPP trade deal 'a disaster', other countries will 'dupe' US - Donald Trump
US real estate mogul and billionaire Donald Trump slammed the Obama administration over its Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, labeling it as disastrous and warning that it will encourage US companies to slash domestic jobs.
“The new trade deal is a disaster,” The Hill quoted Trump as saying at the South Carolina Freedom Summit in Greenville, South Carolina.
“They don’t talk about...
Americans Celebrate Last Year As Free People
The global intelligence company Stratfor (Get tomorrow’s intelligence, not yesterday’s news.) recently published a series of 2014 predictive articles for its most exclusive clients which, in essence, warned that the United States would, by the end of next year, “cease to exist in all but name only” due to three looming threats: 1.) A potential false flag attack by America’s oligarchy...
US to create two major economic unions without Russia and China
By early 2013 a long-term strategic goal of the U.S. foreign policy became clear. The goal is to create two economic unions to confront the growing power of the BRICS member countries and form two large markets under the control of the United States in the Atlantic and Pacific areas without the participation of China and Russia.
The Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific Partnership aim at creating an “economic”...
Obama covertly granting more power to multinational corporations
Despite the White House’s efforts to keep a proposed free trade agreement concealed from the public — and even Congress — an excerpt from the TPP leaked Wednesday reveals that President Obama is prepared to bow to multinational corporations.
The United States has been engaged in discussion with eight Pacific nations to come to agreement on the terms of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership,...
Document Reveals Details of Obama's Secret Globalist Trade Pact
Democrats who plan to vote for Obama in November should be aware that the president is poised to sell the country down the river to transnational corporations.
A newly leaked document posted on the Public Citizen website spells out the Obama administration’s “trade objectives” under the Trans-Pacific Partnership, including a plan to allow transnational corporations to skirt American banking,...
Democrats revolt against Obama over TPP
A leading Senate Democrat has called out US President Barack Obama over his alleged unwillingness to keep Congress updated on negotiations over a treaty that might be potentially disastrous for America.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced legislation on Wednesday that specifically targets the Obama administration by demanding that the White House open up on details about the proposed Trans-Pacific...